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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: Tony Adoo <salmalabrehman@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tonyaadoo@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:54:12 -0700
Subject: Funds

FBN Bank Ghana Ltd
Ring Road Central Accra-Ghana.


Hello Dear,

I got your contact during my search for a reliable, trust worthy and honest
person to introduce this transfer project with. My name is Tony Adoo I am
the manager FBN Bank Branch Ltd Accra. I am a Ghanaian married with two
kids. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the noble transfer of
US$4,750,000.00. This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am
the manager made as profit during the last year. I have already submitted
an approved End of the last Year financial report for the year 2013/2014 to
my Head Office here in Accra and they will never know of this Excess. I
have since then, placed this amount of US$4,750,000.00 (Four Million Seven
Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) on a SUSPENSE ACCOUNT
without any name as a beneficiary.


As an officer 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 give you 30% of the total amount as
your commission for partnering with me while 70% shall be for me. I do need
to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It is going
to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your nominated bank account anywhere you
feel safer. 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
with this email id tonyaadoo@gmail.com. And if you do not accept,kindly
delete from your system and disclose not to any one.


With regards,
Tony Adoo.

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