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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: Umar Ben Yakubu <lisea8465@gmail.com>
Reply-To: benumarbenumar@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 09:10:25 -0700
Subject: supplies

Dear supplier,

An offer exist for the supply of your products to the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS) here in Ghana Chapter on
tender awardee contractual basis.

The products needed urgently are as stated below:

1. Hospital bed sheets
2. Tractors / Lawn Mowers
3. Woods: Plywood and Timber
4.Animal Feeds / ingredients
5. T-shirts, Towels
6. Building Materials, Industrial supplies
7. Pharmaceutical Products & Skin Care Cosmetic
8. Fertilizers Industrial supplies
9.Medical / Laboratory Equipment's
10.Furniture, Doors and cases, bed
11.Bottled Water, Storage Tanks, Pumps and Machines
12. Wine, Tea, Rice, Coffee
13.Treated Mosquito Nets, Condoms, Disposables
14.Water Filtration and Purification Systems
15.Wheelchair, Fire Extinguishers
16.INDUSTRIAL SAFETY BOOT SHOES
17. liquefy. PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) INFRASTRUCTURES EQUIPMENT S
18.Laptop computers,solar lamp,stove
And other unlisted products and please specify the product (s) if you can
supply.

Tender is open to all eligible foreign traders, manufacturers,
exporters, brokers and Individuals from the defined in the guidelines
of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Public
Procurement Board of the Republic of Ghana. If you can handle the
supply of any of the above items, get back to me for more details.70%
payment is been is been made upon awardee of the supply.
Regards,
Ben Umar Yakubu
Email: benumarbenumar@gmail.com
+2330264301255

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