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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: Fred Mensah <fmensah45@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 10:46:41 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear.

Hello Dear,

How are you doing today?,let me introduce myself to you My name is
Mr Fred Mensah, I am from Ghana who have live in Libya, I am one of the
Aids to Mohammed Gaddafi, the Eldest Son of Muammar al-Gaddafi of
Libya. During my stay with him we moved lots of Funds to different
part of the Countries around the world. I have been hiding my head in
Ghana for the past 2 years patiently searching for whom to join and
transact this deal .

I need a God fearing and trust-worthy person to help invest this Fund
or a good investor that can handle this fund and today I got your mail
meaning you are serious in transacting with me.

I need to inform you before we commence further that this transaction
need a maximum confidentiality because of the volume involved and for
security reason which we both understand. The Money involve is $3,750,000.00
Million USD in Ghana and I will give you some percentage face value
for your assistance and the remaining percentage is for me which i
will invest in your country in real estates business.

In this regard, The ways to move this fund out of Africa, we can
arrange and open a Non-Residential account in your name here in Ghana
whereby the Funds will be moved into the account and transferred to
your off-shore account because the fund is in a bank here in Ghana
already.

If you can assist me in this area please get back to me as soon as
possible so that i can tell you the next step.

Regards, till I hear from you soon.
Mr Fred Mensah

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