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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: Barrister Mills Nii Osah <nbarristermills@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:51:47 +0430
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF: BARRISTER MILLS NII OSAH (Esq.) Senior partner
United Nation Barrister.

BARRISTER MILLS NII OSAH (Esq.)
Senior partner
United Nation Barrister.
Located at no 6 Teshie road
opposite Ghana high court of justice
here is my chamber address.
Please try to REPLY
Email: barr.mills_niiosah@yahoo.com


ATTENTION: GOOD BENEFICIARY,

INTRODUCTION:

I am Mills Nii Osah (Esq.) A Solicitor and Senior Partner United Nation,
and I'm contacting you in regards of the Africa Union Representative here
in Africa who has Mandated me as you PERSONAL BARRISTER and to take care of
all your transaction here in Africa because of the report reaching us about
some individual who has decided to collaborate together to give you wrong
information that will never receive from Africa.

And i we Help you get all your fund pending here for many year in Bank, and
some Police Custody, and security company, release to you with my UN power
without no delay. And I want to also inform you that after our last general
congress meeting, your name was mention that you are a good beneficiary who
have help poor Africa refugee children and that you are worthy to be given
good well ambassador in the united nation office in Ghana.

And for information when you be come the ambassador of refugee for Africa
15%of beneficiary that is receiving from African will be into your account
there in your country, and also by this you have the power to do anything
here in African also all your pending fund will be approved immediately
without any intersection So in that case i was assign to work with you as
your personal legal adviser and also to help you work out the confirmation
process as the ambassador to the united nation which you have to take up
your position here in Ghana as your designated area of assignment as soon
as you receive this email get back to me with your full information for me
to get you the form from the ambassador office here in Ghana and in Spain.

1. For your information if anybody call you in the name of transaction,
business here in African or particular Ghana, Nigerian, the contact detail
of your attorney and representative here in Ghana and ask him or her to
contact Me as your lawyer here in west Africa Country in all over the World
Ghana, Nigeria Lome Togo and if failure to do so you are not interested But
if not then he or she is a SCAM.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION THE NEW GOVERNMENT HERE IN WEST AFRICA COUNTRY JUST
APPROVED $5MILLIONS DOLLARS TO ALL FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES AND YOU ARE THE
ONE OF THE BENEFICIARIES ON MY LIST,SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO NOW IS FOR YOU TO
GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE ALL THE NECESSARIES
ARRANGEMENT HOW THE FUNDS CAN TRANSFER TO YOU IMMEDIATELY OK.THE FUND WAS
DEPOSITED TO UNITED BANK FOR GHANA.THIS IS THE EMAIL ADDRESS: (
info.ubabank28@yahoo.com) TRY AND CONTACT THE BANK NOW OK.

PLEASE GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR CELLPHONE NUMBER LET START TO WORK
IMMEDIATELY.

If you can fellow up with this simple instruction therefore you will give a
true testimony of any business or every business that you involved here in
Ghana or West African as a whole.

Good News to you this year 2015 shall be your year, Favor to you and your
family and Believe in God. It is your turn for you to receive all your
fund now in Jesus name. I WHICH YOU LONG-LIFE, PROSPERITY AND GOOD HEALTH
IN JESUS NAME.

PROPOSAL:

Furthermore, I will send you a personal verification code that you will be
using from now on. This code will serve as identifier, if anybody should
call you from Africa, you will ask him or her that what is the code given
to you from Africa union? If he is able to give you currently your personal
identification code, then he or she is real from Africa.

Notice I make it clear to you that there was a meeting held on Saturday
last week, last meeting that we hold in Adisa baba in Ethiopian and we
come together that all beneficiary most be giving a code from the united
nation because of those scammer that are be calming and impersonating our
office that they are united nation barrister ,so right now here is the CODE
UN79.So that in case if anybody call you that his a united nation barrister
kindly ask him or her that what is the code that united nation to him for
all barrister united nation and if the person cannot tell you the code
giving by the united nation barrister just know that person is a scam.

And i advice you not to give the code out to anybody, because if you give
it out to anybody they can use it to scam beneficiary .Your personal
verification code is UN79. Thanks for your sincere understanding. I wish to
hear from you soon next.

N.B: This is been approved by the African Union The name of (AU) Chairman,
in collaboration with the United Nation (UN) Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki
Moon, including the President of the United State of America President of
Ghana Pr. John D. Mahamam, and the America President PR. Barrack Obama, And
the president Nigeria Dr. Good luck Jonathan, for you to receive all your
fund here in Africa from A-Z.

Yours Faithfully,
Barr. Mills Nii Osah (Esq.)
Tel: +233249869694

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