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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: "CENTRAL BANK OF THE GAMBIA." <bja@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 20 17:17:22 GMT
Subject: Business Partnership.


CENTRAL BANK OF THE GAMBIA.
No. 1/2 Ecowas Avenue, Banjul, The Gambia.
Telephone: +220 2517115
Telefax: +220 4256969
Telex: 2218 GAMBANK GV
Cables: GAMBANK.



Dear sir,

Hello friend,

Greetings from the Gambia. My names are Mr. Bakary Jammeh and I am the Governor of Central Bank
of the Gambia.
I wish to extend my hands of business partnership towards you on
important business partnership with you.
And if you are interested, please contact me on email addresses (bjammeh@cbggm.com) and (bakasjammeh@gmail.com)
for more information.

The thing is that there is a sum of ($2,000,000,000) two billion United states dollars deposited in a dormant account
with one of the commercial banks in the Gambia and the money has been in the dormant account for years and the
account owner has died and none of his family members contacted the bank to claim the said fund therefore I need
your co-operation to transfer the amount to your bank account and I want you to offer me only 30% of the total amount?
If you are interested, I want you to provide me with your particulars as listed below so that ownership of the above mentioned
amount can be transferred to your name in the Gambia court for easy and smooth transfer of the amount to your bank account after
which I will travel to meet you to collect my share which I will also need your assistance and advice to invest my share in your country?

Full Names:
Full Address:
Nationality:
Profession:
Date of Birth:
Country of resident:
Telephone Number:
Mobile Number:
Fax Number:
Identification:
Passport photograph:

The attached file is a copy of my staff identification and I wait to hear from you.

Sincerely,
Mr. Bakary Jammeh,
Governor Central Bank of the Gambia.

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