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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mr. Dickson C. Marcos<info@uas.org>
Reply-To: dicksonmarcoszb@gmail.com
Date: 23 Aug 2022 14:07:36 +0000
Subject: Next of Kin to my late Client should contact me Urgently

Dear Friend,


I Am Dickson C. Marcos the Manager, Bills And Exchange at the
Foreign Remittance department at HFC Bank GH LTD. Actually, I
have a very urgent &
confidential Business Proposition for you & for our overall
mutual interest. On the 6th of March 2001, our Customer, an
American National, late Edward Porter Felt, A Computer Engineer
and Technology Director also an Oil Merchant / Contractor with
the Republic of Ghana on Gold, deposited a valued amount of
US$13.5Million in my branch here in Ghana, also has a Steel trunk
box of 12.5kg,24 Karat Gold in a well secured Security coy here
in Ghana as well, This is the website where you can confirm about
the death of Late Edward Porter Felt
:http://iaff2498.org/news/united-airlines-flight-93.html , just
to be sure of it all. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarded relatives, Adrienne Felt(Wife), but
got no reply. After a month we sent a reminder, & finally we
discovered from his contract employers GGMR, that late Edward
Porter Felt, until his death 20years back in a ghastly terrorist
attack to United Airlines Flight 93, from Matawan, New Jersey, to
San Francisco, crashed in rural southwest Pennsylvania with 45
people on board. All occupants of the Aero plane, unfortunately
lost their lives. On further Investigation, I found out that he
did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his Next of kin
were Fruitless.

Therefore, I made further investigation and discovered that the
late Edward Porter Felt, did not declare any Next of kin in all
his official documents. This sum US$13.5Million i have moved it
out from here to a security Vault outside this country in a safer
security company for security purposes.

With the state of the Fund, no family member has come for the
claim, According to Ghana Laws, at the expiration of 22years, the
money will revert to the Ownership of the Ghana Government if
nobody applies to claim the funds but I acted fast by moving the
fund out of the country. Consequently, my proposal is that I will
like you as a foreigner to stand in as a Next of kin of Late
Edward Porter Felt, this is simple. All I require is your honesty
and co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. I will want you to
send to me on your return email the following information for the
change of Ownership in your favor as the next of Kin to Late
Edward Porter Felt.

1. Your full names as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary of the Fund.
2. Your contact address.
3. Any Copy of your ID
4. Your private Mobile phone numbers for easy communications

Let's consider that our ratio will be as stated Thus;
1. I as the Originator of the Fund will take 50% of the total
Fund.
2. You as the Next of Kin /Receiver of the Fund will take 50% of
the Fund. Most importantly, CONFIDENTIALITY is highly required,
so if you are Interested/able
also ready to conclude this as soon as possible then Respond
Immediately as advised.


Thanks for your Anticipated cooperation and understanding. I wait
for your kind response.
Reply to this Email: dicksonmarcoszb@gmail.com

Thanks And Remain blessed.

Manager, Bills And Exchange/ Foreign Remittance department
HFC Bank GH.

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