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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.John Kojo." <team@insightfestival.co.uk>
Reply-To: jkojo233@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:58:51 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,




Dear Friend,

I hope this may not constitute sort of embarrassment to you, My name is
John Kojo, I am the regional bank manager of the Uni-Bank Ghana Limited.I
am 52 years of age and married with 4 lovely kids.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as
the regional Auditor General of the Uni-Bank Ghana Limited. it is my duty
to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra
at the end of each year..

On the course of last year 2013 end of year report, I discovered that my
branch in which I am the manager made an excess profit of Three Million
Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand united states dollars [USd$3.750,000.00]
which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of.I have
since placed this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any
beneficiary. As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to
this money, this is why I,m contacting you for us to work so that you can
assist me and receive this money into your bank accountin your country.

Upon your acceptance of this proposal, I have generally agreed on this
sharing ration 40% of the total sum will be given to you for your
assistance upon the receipt of the funds in your account while 60% will be
for me.

Note that there are practically no risks involved in this transaction, it
will be bank to bank transfer,all I need from you is to stand claim as the
original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with Takoradi branch
so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank
account.

I assure you we can achieve it successfully if you can follow my
instruction and direction. In your reply please send the following
information as underlined below:

1. Your full names.____________________________
2. Your phone number.___________________________
3. Your nationality.____________________________
4. Your Age/Sex._____________________________
5. Your occupation._____________________________

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
John Kojo.

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