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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: Benson Ngesah <matindkw@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abrahasan12@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 19:37:33 +0100
Subject: Re: Kindly get back to me for more details

Dear Sir,

Compliments of the day, how are you today?

May I introduce myself and this business opportunity to you. My name is Mr.
Benson Ngesah, am an accountant in one of the banks in Ghana. I got your
contact from (Chamber of commerce business directory) I will need your
assistance in this business transaction. I would want you to stand as the
next of kin to a deceased customer of our banking institution, Mr Zanger
Khan, who died in an auto crash in 2007.

He was a wealthy oil consultant who deposited the sum of Nine million and
six hundred United states dollar (us$9.600.000.00) in a fixed deposit
account in our bank. He died without any registered next of kin and as such
the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate.

The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than eight
years, because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed
bill after this period. On your confirmation of this message and indicating
your interest, I will furnish you with more details. As soon the fund is
transferred in your bank account we will share the money, 50% for you and
50% for me. You can also call me on my telephone number (+233 545 353040)
for more details

Kindly send to me the following information of yours on your reply.

1.Your Full Name:
2.Your Contact Address:
3.Your Profession / Occupation:
4.Your Age:
5.Your Telephone number:

I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible.

Regards,
Benson Ngesah

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