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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: "Jasalie Herum" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 19:04:25 +0100
Subject: Hello Dear

Hi,

Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset

before making you this offer and it is utterly confidential and

genuine by virtue of its nature.I write to solicit your assistance

in a funds transfer deal involving US$ 5.5M.i wish to inform you

that every year around the world, millions of dollars become lost

when banks, governmental agencies and companies lose track of money

they are holding due to mistakes in the spelling of names, address

and account numbers.(you can verify this information from any

reputable banker around you) i have discovered such fund in my bank

which has been stashed out and called excess profit by my branch

office, THE TRUST BANK, TTB.



I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the year 2015 to

my head office here in Accra-Ghana and they will never know of the

existence of this fund because i did not mention it in my report. I

have equally taken steps to place this amount on a Non-Investment

Account without a beneficiary.all i need now is your cooperation to

stand in as the depositor of this fund,



Upon your response, I will configure your name on our database as

the holder of this Non-Investment Account. I will then guide you

on how to apply to my head office for the Account Closure/

bank-to-bank remittance of the funds to your designated bank

account.



If you accept this proposal, I intend to offer you 30% of the

funds for your assistance while 70% shall be for me.

Kindly forward your response to me



With Regards,

Jasalie Herum

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