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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. Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.ernestyedu.addison1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 01:26:58 -0800
Subject: Scam victim.

BANK OF GHANA (BOG)
Re:-Fund Transfer Notice.
Attn:
This is to bring to your notice that the President of Republic of Ghana, "Nana Addo

Dankwa Akufo-Addo " has constituted a 14 men investigative Panel and foreign Debts

reconciliation committee, which I am the Chairman of the presidential committee

saddled with the responsibility to investigate all the banks here in Ghana, who has

trapped and held beneficiaries contract/inheritance Fund claims unpaid. However, the

President has vowed that his government is poised to eradicate corruption and

fraudulent practices here in Ghana to zero level which portrays the ugly reputations

of this country’s image to the international community.
I am the newly Appointed Executive Governor of BANK OF GHANA and the Chairman of the

presidential 14 men investigative Panel and foreign Debts reconciliation committee.

We apologized for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences it might have

caused you. Please take note, according to the information that I am getting since I

was appointed concerning delay of foreign CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FUND PAYMENTS

because of this matter, I will devote our 100% assiduity in accrediting your fund

Payments as long as I can guarantee your co-operation on this matter and send me

your information as I mentioned below as there is a counter claim on your fund

payment.
Please confirm urgently for immediate transfer into this account as the account

owner send this account on your behalf to this Bank and we received the account on

your behalf in the United States from a lady declared herself as a nurse that taking

care of you in the hospital stating that you are in a sick bed and she pleaded us to

transfer your fund payment of the sum $10,500,000.00 (Ten Million, Five Hundred

United States Dollars Only) into this bank account below as your

representative/nominee:
Account Name: Geraldine M. Couch
Bank Name: Bank of America (Hillsboro, IL branch)
Swift code: BOAUS3N
Main routing number: 0260 0959 3
Branch routing number: 081904888
Account number is 0038 7303 9057
Bank address: 420 South Main Street in Hillsboro, IL 62049
Please your confirmation is needed before we make this transfer into this account

and also forward this information to us immediately for the re-validation of your

fund payment accordingly.
1. Full Names
2. Telephone Or Fax Number….
3. Contact Address......
4. Age….
5. Occupation...

Thanks for your urgent response to this effect with the required information stated

above.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison
Executive Governor
BANK OF GHANA (BOG)

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