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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: "PATRICK NAADDO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pnaaddo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 02:32:32 -0700
Subject: LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY

>From Mr. Patrick Naaddo,
Accra - Ghana,
 
Dear Friend,
 
I am Mr. Patrick Naaddo, am working in a Bank here in Ghana as the Branch manager. I packaged a transaction that will be of mutual benefit to us which I want to share with you now. As the branch manager it is my duty to send a financial report and declare the profits we made at the end of financial year to Head office if our Bank.
 
INFORMATION: 
 
Following the release of the 2014 fiscal year financial report and after declaring our profit to the Head office, I discovered that my branch made excess profit to the tune of Ten Million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($10,250,000.00) This robust Financial Performance is Unprecedented and it was due to new oil discovery in Ghana which I as a Branch Manager engaged in financial support to some oil companies in importation of oil facilities and heavy duty equipment's from oversee. When I discover this excess profit, I quickly moved it into what the bank called Escrow account with no beneficiary. Meanwhile as you know I cannot be directly connected to this fund for obvious reasons. So my contacting you is to assist me to receive this fund in your bank account as the owner and beneficiary.  I will be flexible and considerate in the percentage share that will be given to you for your assistance in making this
transaction a success and you would not
regret it.
 
You are to be presented to our bank to claim this fund as the original depositor. Being a Branch manager in my bank, the secret of the bank system is under my palm, placing your details in the system as the original depositor is an easy work for me, so that my Head office will immediately process the transfer of this fund to your bank account in your county or any where you wish to if an application is sent to them from you. I am going to guide you through to the step by step procedure with our head office until the fund is finally transferred to your account.
 
If you are interested and ready to assist me, kindly reply me
immediately and include your current information as follows:
 
Your Full Names:...............................................................
 
Current Address:...............................................................
 
Country:.......................................................................
 
Your Mobile Telephone Numbers for easy communication:..............................
 
As soon as I
receive the above information requested from you, I will respond to you immediately with further details and process to follow for the release and transfer of this fund to your oversee bank account.
 
Please treat this information as TOP SECRET. If you have any question, do not hesitate to ask for further clarification.
 
You can call or send me SMS through this Number +233249354636 immediately you receive this massage to confirm the receipt of the massage. Until I hear from you.
 
Regards,
 
Mr. Patrick Naaddo
Accra - Ghana
 
 
 

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