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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.Frank Agbo" <bbltdintlremittancedpt@gmail.com>
Reply-To: frankagbo@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 12:18:51 -0700
Subject: FROM MR,FRANK AGBO

Hello friend,

I hope this letter meets you in good health. I know it will take you by
surprise to receive this information because emails like this flies over
the internet telling people about funds and every other things.I always
receive similar offers from the internet which I normally delete because I
believe they are all hoax or email from scam artistes

I am Mr.Frank Agbo Head of Commercial Banking, Standard Chartered Bank
Ghana Ltd, I have a business proposal for you which involves a huge amount
of money, I would like to transfer the funds into your account and invest
in your country if possible, please this is not a spam, it's a genuine
transaction that will benefit both of us. Try as much as possible to get
back to me on this, i will explain more to you when you respond.

Yours truly,
Mr.Frank Agbo

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