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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: Ronbinson Richard <honesthear001@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 07:42:49 +0100
Subject: Good Day!!!


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 John Owusu. 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 2014 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. It’s 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...Reply me to johon.owusu@yandex.com

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,

John Owusu

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