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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: "Miss. Agartha Mensah " <m.ochiai@saekisogo.co.jp>
Reply-To: <agarthamensahh@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2022 03:54:49 +0900
Subject: From Miss.Agartha Mensah

From Miss.Agartha Mensah
Manager UBA Bank
Kaneshie Branch,
Ghana.

Attn: Sir,

Greetings to you.

I got your contact during my search for a reliable, honest and a trust
worthy person to entrust this huge transfer project with. My name is
Miss.Agartha Mensah. I am the manager of the United Bank for Africa
Ghana, Kaneshie Branch. I am a Ghanaian.

I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of Us$3,300.000.
00.
This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manger made
as
profit during the last year. I have already submitted an approved end of
the year
report for the year 2021 to my head office here in Accra and they will
never know
of this excess. I have since then, placed this amount of us$3,300.000.00
on an
escrow account Without a beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money;
thus I am
impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your
bank account.
I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. The
transaction(scheme)
is risk free and the money will be transferred to your designated
account through
bank-to-bank transfer via telegraphic wire transfer.

All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.
If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response.

With regards,

Miss.Agartha Mensah.


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