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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: nelson mark <nelson.mark5002@gmail.com>
Reply-To: marknelson383@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:09:18 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend.

Dear Friend,

I am Mr Mark Nelson, an Accountant with International Commercial Bank
Ghana Limited . We discovered an abandoned sum of $15,000,000,00
(Fifteen Million United States Dollars Only) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire
family of a wife and two children in November 2004 in a motor
accident.


After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that
if I do not remit this Money out urgently it would be forfeited for
nothing. The owner of this account is a foreigner. The account has no
other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his
Company does not know anything about this account and the money
involved is Fifteen Million United States Dollars Only
(US$15,000,000.00).I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as
stated thus: 30 % for you as foreign partner, 60 % for me and 10 %
for the settlement of all local and foreign expenses incurred by me
and you during the course of this business. Upon the successful
completion of this transfer, I will come to your country and mind our
share.


Meanwhile, I am contacting you because of the need to involve a
foreigner with a foreign account as a beneficiary. I need your full
co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready
to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information
of this account, which I will give to you as soon as you indicate
your sincerity to co-operate with me, and capability to handle such
amount in strict confidence and trust, according to my instruction and
advice, for our mutual benefit because this opportunity may never come
again in my life.


To commence this transaction, I require you to immediately indicate
your interest by a return E-mail and enclose your private contact
telephone number, Fax number, full names and address and your
designated Bank coordinates to enable me file letter of claim in your
favor to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals before
the transfer can be made.Note also that this transaction must be kept
strictly confidential because of its nature. I look forward to your
earliest reply.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Mark Nelson.
International Commercial Bank Ghana Limited.

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