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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: "Speelman Sipo Sidney" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <speelman1972@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 13:55:32 -0800
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTOR NEEDED !!!

Dearest Friend


I got your contact while searching for a Foreign Partner/Investor in your country, My name is Dr Speelman Sidney Sipo born February 18th 1966 a Ghanaian Politician who has served in the Government of Ghana at the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum since 2011 to 2016,I am a member of the National Democratic Congress and Member of Parliament of Ellembelle constituency in the Western Region.

My aim of contacting you is to crave your indulgence to assist me in securing some funds abroad for safe keeping and investment purpose,which incidentally was kept to finance the Past election in December 7 2016,The need to contact you arose from the fact that the present government is cracking down on the opposition and trying to trace all the funds that belong to it, if they succeed in tracing this funds they will seize it,I wish to relocate this fund in a foreigner's name to avoid any trace, All I need from you is an assurance that you can handle the amount involved (US$48,000,000.00)Forty Eight Million United State Dollars Only, comfortably and that I can also trust you with this arrangement.
Be rest assured that there is no risk involved since I have taken care of everything, I want you to immediately inform me of your willingness in assisting and co-operating with me, so that I can send you full details of this transaction on how to received this funds, I am able to give you my name without fear, so it would be appreciated if you can maintain the confidential nature of this letter and the whole transaction.

Please if you are not interested in this business, let me know in time, so that I can contact someone else, if you are interested so that we can proceed fast.

Your's Truly
Speelman Sipo Sidney

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