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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: barristerdr asantesamuel <barristerdr.asantesamuel@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:33:43 +0000
Subject: Hon Barrister Asante Samuel. Chairman Foreign Affair Committee to
Federal National House of Parliament Ghana:

Attention Dear Beneficiary.

Good Day to you My Client friend,i am Hon Barrister Asante Samuel.
Chairman Foreign Affair Committee to Federal National House of
Parliament Ghana: I am writing with Government order to audit (UBA
Bank )of Ghana, if they are performing their official Foreign Affair
assignment in term of Foreign Transfer Because A Motion was concluded
yesterday in the Federal National House Of Parliament Ghana, that all
Government Banks should be on verification on their Foreign Affair
Transaction,

Because there is an information from the (United Nation) that some
Foreign Beneficiary are not yet receiving there fund as a compensation
or whatever this now became pain to the entire Government of Ghana ,so
we are fighting to ensure that all Foreign beneficiary should be
access to their fund, i am intentionally passing this information
before you,

Through my auditing (UBA Bank) yesterday i find a copies of a file
bearing your Name,

with a Deposit slip of the Sum ($8.5Million Dollars,) Deposited with
the United Bank For Africa (UBA Bank)
Here is the Bank Contact Email Address (unitedbanfkafrican.gh@outlook.com)

So i am write to confirm if the Bank are doing their official
Foreign Transfer in accordance, Please get back to me so that the
Government can use their order to carry out our next line of action,

(Two) if you don't have account with the Bank in question UBA Bank in
respect of your fund transfer, then you have to open account with them
to ensure that the bank can effect the transfer to your nominated Bank
account without any further delay:

The Bank have your transaction proved.

Thanks
kind Gesture

Hon Barrister Asante Samuel Chairman Foreign Affair Committee Federal
National House Of Parliament Ghana:
Tel (+233 2303 92700)

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