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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: "Mr. Gavin Akuba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gavin_akuba2@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 15:43:04 +0100
Subject: Dear friend.

Dear friend.
 
I got your contact via search for a reliable, honest and a trust worthy person to entrust this huge transfer project with. My name is Mr Gavin Akuba  I am the manager of the Barclays bank Accra  Branch Ghana. I am a Ghanaian, married with two kids. I am writing to solicit for your assistance in the transfer of funds valued at$4,750,000.00 ( four million seven hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars). This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the Manager made as profit during the last annual audition. I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the year to my head office in Accra and they will never know of this excess.
 
As an official of the bank i can not be directly connected to this fund, so this informed me of contacting you for us to work together for mutual benefits.I want you to assist in receiving this fund into your bank account for us. Meanwhile you will have 40% of the total fund. Note there are practically no risks involved as it is going to be bank to bank transfer. All i need from you is to stand 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 to work with me, i will appreciate it so much. As soon as i receive your response via my email , i will give you details on how we can achieve it successfully.
 
contact me now directly through my personal
 
E-mail address  gavin_akuba1@yahoo.com
 
Best Regards,
 
Mr. Gavin Akuba

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