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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: "Dr.Tsatsu Tsikata" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tsatsutsikata@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 11:34:51 -0800
Subject: RE: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

Good Day !,


I am Dr.Tsatsu Tsikata, Former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). During my tenure as stated herein ,I have used my Good Office to acquire the sum of Sixty Seven Million,One Hundred and Forty Thousand US Dollars Only ( US$67,140,000.00 ) . The aforementioned Funds was deposited with International Commercial Bank of Ghana here in the Republic of Ghana.

Nevertheless, because of my Country’s Financial Control on every Serving and Ex-Government Officials, I would like you to stand as the Beneficiary of this Funds so as to have the funds claimed and wire transfer out from International Commercial Bank of Ghana to your Nominated Bank Account without further delay for Investment Purpose.

Our sharing ratio is 40:60% if interested. Kindly send me your Direct Telephone numbers for discussion of this offer in full details.

I shall upon receipt of your positive response to the above subject matter will provide you with comprehensive details of this offer which includes the execution strategies and road map.

In receipts of this message,you are hereby advice to email me back immediately at : tsatsutsikata@qq.com

Thank you.
Respectfully,
Dr.Tsatsu Tsikata.

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