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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: Samuel Achiampong <samuelachiampong@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 09:22:56 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED

ATTENTION MY FRIEND,

MY NAME IS MR SAMUEL ACHIAMPONG REGIONAL MANAGER OF THE ADB BANK GHANA. I
AM 51 YEARS OLD MARRIED MAN AND BLESSED WITH FOUR KIDS AM A MAN OF PEACE
AND HONESTY I ONLY HOPE IF YOU CAN ASSIST ME ON THIS PROPOSAL.
I HAVE PACKAGED A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU AND MYSELF, I
AS THE MANAGER OF THE ADB BANK ACCRA GHANA, IT IS MY DUTY TO SEND A
FINANCIAL REPORT TO MY HEAD OFFICE IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF ENGLAND AT THE
END OF EACH YEAR BUT IN THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR 2014/2015 FISCAL REPORT OF
THE BANK I DISCOVERED THAT MY BANK IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE A LOT OF
GAIN WHICH I HAVE SET ASIDE FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS
(15,500,000.00 ) WHICH MY HEAD OFFICE ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS FUNDS. I HAVE
PLACED IN WHAT WE CALL AN ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT WITH NO BENEFICIARY NAME AND
AS AN OFFICER IN THIS BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE MONEY SO
MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO HELP ME RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO YOUR
PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT AND GET 30% OF THE TOTAL FUND AS YOUR COMMISSION.
THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED IN THIS TRANSACTION IT WILL BE A
BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND AND CLAIM THE
FUNDS AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THE FUND AND THE PERSON WHO MADE THE
DEPOSIT WITH MY BRANCH SO THAT MY HEAD OFFICE CAN APPROVE THE TRANSFER TO
YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT
,
THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY,

YOURS TRULY,
MR SAMUEL ACHIAMPONG.

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