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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: ibrahimattah88@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:06:28 +0600
Subject: STRICTLY BUSINESS!!

From:Mr Ibrahim Attah
FROM STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,
Ghana.

Dear Friend.

I got your contact from the house of commerce here in Ghana during the search ,search
for a honest person .My name is Mr Ibrahim Attah. The regional manager of standard
chartered bank,Teshie Nungua Branch Ghana. I am a Ghanaian by birth,46years of age and
married with three children .

Although i am not comfortable to send this proposal to you because of increase in SCAM
and FRAUD especially in Africa , but i am too sure that this is not Scam because you
have access to confirm,provided you did not let my Bank know the source of your
information. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us. As
the regional manager of the bank, it is my duty to send financial reports to my head
office in the capital city of Accra Ghana.On the course of the last year 2012 end of
the year's report, i discovered that my branch in which i am the manager ,made twenty-
four million us dollars. ($24,000,000.00 ) of which my head office is not aware and
will never be aware of it. I have since then PLACED this fund in an ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT
without a beneficiary. As the regional manager of the bank , I cannot be directly
connected to this Money thus, i am impelled to request for your assistance to receive
this money into your bank account.

I intend to part 25% of this fund to you while 75% shall be for me and two officers who
will assist me move the fund to your account. I do need to assure you that there are no
risk involved in this Business. going to be a Bank-to-Bank transfer . All i need from
you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund. If you accept this offer, i
will appreciate your timely response and then we shall discuss on how you will keep our
share.
.

NB: Your early reply is highly welcomed and attach your profiles,such as your name and
address,and also your contact telephone number for easy means of communication.

Best Regards,
Mr Ibrahim Attah
Direct Phone Contact: +233 232 639 137
Email:ibrahimattah88@gmail.com

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