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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: Benson Nutsukpui <gaudentes@webmail.it>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:44:37 -0600
Subject: CLAIM OF $15,500,000 Million USD.



Hello,

Greetings to you my dear. I am Barrister Benson Nutsukpui, Solicitor &
Advocate of Kuenyehia & Nutsukpui Law Chambers and the President of
Ghana
Bar Association (GBA). I am a personal Lawyer to a deceased
Entreprenuer
and Investor from China. He died and left the sum of $15,500,000
Million
USD (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in the Central Bank of Ghana. Currently there are no close
relatives. I want to present you to the Bank as his business partner to
claim this money.

The deal shall be executed in an atmosphere that will not breach any
law
both in your country and here in Ghana. We shall share the fund 60% to
me
and 40% to you. I assure you that this deal is 100% risk free.

Please do treat this transaction as strictly confidential. On my honour
as
an illustrious Son of Ghana, I vowed to be honest with you throughout
this
deal until the fund reflects in your bank account and I wish you do the
same.

Please send the following so I can submit it to the Bank of Ghana to
process the payment to your account

1. YOUR FULL NAMES
2. ADDRESS
3. PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER
4. IDENTITY
5. BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS

I will give you the details of this transaction upon receipt of your
urgent reply via my email barr.nutsukpui@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Barrister Benson Nutsukpui
Kuenyehia & Nutsukpui
Legal Practitioners and Notaries
35 Labone Crescent, Labone.
Accra Ghana
Email: barr.nutsukpui@gmail.com
www.knnlaw.com

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