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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. KWAME O. APIA" <drkwameapia@mail.vidin.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:12:28 -0500
Subject: FROM: GHANA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION


Attention:

My name is DR. KWAME O. APIA a member of the Presidential Task Force on
Oil Spill Clean-up. Early last year there was a major oil spillage in the
Niger Delta Region of Ghana which rendered over 70% of the communities
homeless.The
contract was handled by a foreign firm but because of the huge monetary
profit we envisaged we decided to over-invoice the contract sum.

Now the contract has been completed and the original contractor has since
been paid,but the contract balance of US$38 million,which resulted from
the over invoiced contract sum that has been left in a suspense account
with the BANK OF GHANA,is what me and my partners are planning to take out
of the country for ourselves.The problem is as government officials,we are
not suppose to own fat bank accounts,talk less of having foreign ones.

To this end, we are soliciting your assistance as a foreign partner who
can assist us and receive this amount into your account. We are ready to
share this money with you on the basis of participation. We also have
plans to invest part of this money in any viable business in your country
under your care,as we are nearing our retirement age.

Please I enjoin you to handle this transaction with utmost degree of
maturity and confidentiality because I am still in active government
service with the "GHANA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION". If I receive your
response on time, this whole transaction could be accomplished within the
shortest possible
time based on your interest and determination,since the money is already in
transit.

Waiting to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully,
DR. KWAME O. APIA


Attention:

My name is DR. KWAME O. APIA a member of the Presidential Task Force on
Oil Spill Clean-up. Early last year there was a major oil spillage in the
Niger Delta Region of Ghana which rendered over 70% of the communities
homeless.The
contract was handled by a foreign firm but because of the huge monetary
profit we envisaged we decided to over-invoice the contract sum.

Now the contract has been completed and the original contractor has since
been paid,but the contract balance of US$38 million,which resulted from
the over invoiced contract sum that has been left in a suspense account
with the BANK OF GHANA,is what me and my partners are planning to take out
of the country for ourselves.The problem is as government officials,we are
not suppose to own fat bank accounts,talk less of having foreign ones.

To this end, we are soliciting your assistance as a foreign partner who
can assist us and receive this amount into your account. We are ready to
share this money with you on the basis of participation. We also have
plans to invest part of this money in any viable business in your country
under your care,as we are nearing our retirement age.

Please I enjoin you to handle this transaction with utmost degree of
maturity and confidentiality because I am still in active government
service with the "GHANA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION". If I receive your
response on time, this whole transaction could be accomplished within the
shortest possible
time based on your interest and determination,since the money is already in
transit.

Waiting to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully,
DR. KWAME O. APIA

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