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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: newsletter@christianpost.com
Reply-To: petersrjames@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 16:33:39 -0700
Subject: Re:Dear Good Friend !!


Dear Friend ' My name is Mr. James Peter, a Senior Staff and Regional Branc=
h Manager here in our Bank at International Commercial Bank Ghana. I got yo=
ur information during my searcher on your Country Chambers of Comers. I am =
47 Years of Age and Married with five Lovely Kids. It may Interest you to h=
ear that I am a Man of PEACE. I only hope we can assist each other. I have =
packaged a financial Transaction that Will benefit both of us, as the Regio=
nal Bank Manager, it is my duty to send in a Financial report to my head Of=
fice in the capital City Accra at the end of each year. On the course of la=
st year 2013 end of year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am =
the manager made Ten Million Five Hundred thousand United State Dollars [$1=
0.5million] Which my Head Office, are not aware. Then I decided to place th=
is fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any Beneficiary. As an Off=
icer of the Bank I can not be directly connected to this money, so this inf=
ormed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist me to receive=
this money into your bank account. I am willing to give you 40% of the tot=
al fund. Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to ba=
nk transfer, all I need from you is your honest and assist me to claim as t=
he original depositor of this fund so that my Head office can order the tra=
nsfer to your designated bank account, I am going to programmed your name i=
n the database of the Bank as the real depositor of the funds past 3 years =
ago and you want to close the account to be transfer back to you in your co=
untry. If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very =
much. As soon as I receive your response I will details you on how we can a=
chieve it successfully. Please for any further communications; get in touch=
with me through my Alternative email at :petersrjames@gmail.com Best Regar=
ds, Mr.James Peter=20

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