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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Simon Dornoo" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 13:52:56 +0100
Subject: Urgent Respond Needed.

Good Day
My name is Simon Dornoo I am the branch manager of the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) Kumasi branch Ghana. I am married,it may interest you to hear that I am a Man of peace and I don't want problem, but I do not know how you will feel about this because you may have double mind. But I am telling you that this is real deal and you are not going to regret after doing this transaction with me. I only hope that we can assist each other. But if you don't want this business offer kindly don't comment nor contact me.
as the regional manager of the Ghana Commercial Bank, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city (Accra-Ghana) at the end of each year. I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made five million, five hundred thousand dollar [$5, 500.000.00] which my head office is not aware of it and will never be aware of it. I have since then place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.
As an official of the bank I cannot be directly connected to this fund,so this is why i am looking for a trustworthy person for us to work, so that you can assist and receive this fund into your bank account for us to SHARE. Mean While you will have 35% of the total fund, Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.
If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your response, I will give you details on how we can achieve it successfully.
If you are interested contact me on my private Email and phone number.
Email...Engstlermanfred@usa.com
Phone number +2332 4532 2520

Best Regards
Simon Dornoo.

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