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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: Victor Mensah <verinakama.deccan@goo.jp>
Reply-To: "mensah.v@yahoo.com" <mensah.v@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 04:17:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Best Regards

Hello,
My Name is Mr Mensah, and am a branch manager of a financial banking
firm, i came in contact of you through the ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Industry,I need your help in a particular transaction.

i simply need your assistance in transferring a sum of US$12.5 Million
dollars to a foreign account,The money is part of the profits from my
branch last year (2015),I have already submitted annual report for last
year to my bank headquarter in Accra-Ghana, and they did not notice the
excess profits.

I took the opportunity to deposit the US$12.5 Million dollars in an
escrow account without a beneficiary (Anonymous) to avoid any trace.

All i need is your assistance to enable me do the transfer straight into
a foreign account, that is why i contacted you, so should it be of interest to you please
kindly reply through the email or call:Mensah.v@yahoo.com or
vict.mensah@gmail.com.: phone +233231874010

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