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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: "Dr. Abdul John" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Dr. Abdul John <westernside509@mail.com>>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:41:50 -0700
Subject: The truth of the matter

From the Desk of

Dr. Abdul John

 

 

After waiting to hear from you or your Ghana partner for a long time

now, I decided to make this direct approach to you as my new resolution

in other not to let it be as if I have anything in mind against you. I

do not know if you have asked yourself why each time the release of this

fund is approved, all of a sudden,the payment will be stopped or one

problem or the other will come up if you have not asked this question or

you do not know,this is an opportunity for me to tell you.

 

Some time ago,your Ghanaian friends,I mean the people that introduced

you to the project approached me through my dear wife who work with the

Federal Ministry of Finance and requested me to assist them conclude a

money transfer deal they had with you.They requested me to assist them

by removing the original contractor’s name, company’s name and bank

particulars from the Bank Of Ghana vetting computer and replacing them

with your name and bank details in order to make you appear as the

rightful beneficiary of this fund.

 

I agreed on condition that they will pay me US$100,000.00 as soon as

your name appears as the beneficiary. I did as agreed and demanded to be

paid, but your friends started telling me stories, they even told me you

promised to send money to me.

 

Do you know that up till now, I have not received a single cent from

them and have not set my eyes on any of them? Based on their attitude,I

decided to stop the fund release movement because I cannot be denied of

my right in my own office considering the risk as it might affect my

job.. Secondly, I know the source of the funds that you did not execute

any contract in Ghana ,although I am the only person privileged to know

this information and it is a fact. Why I am making this clear to you is

that I can see that you are still making efforts in order to conclude

this project. Now I am ready to forget the past.

 

I do not need the US $100.000.00 any longer from you but a good

compensation from your mind. I need your assurance that those colleagues

will be totally kept out of this transaction. I know that none of them

is aware of my new approach to you. Stop spending your money

unnecessarily to Bank of Ghana Officers both here and overseas because

you will not receive this money without my hand in it. I personally did

the work at the beginning and only I can perform it. Finally,

 

I need your promise that no official of the Bank of Ghana will be

aware of my involvement in this regard because of my position. Now

re-assure me that you will be willing to compensate me and that you will

assist my wife to establish a foreign account in your country where my

compensation will be lodged. Also a TT FUND RELEASE APPROVAL DOCUMENTS

will be sent to you for endorsement after which I will remit

the money within 48 hours.

 

I am a man of my word. If you are ready to conclude this business with

me, kindly contact me so that we can have a chat over this issue once

and for all. But if the reverse is the case,do not bother yourself to

reach me and forget about this money.

 

BEST REGARDS

 

 

 

 

Dr. Abdul John

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