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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: Robert Mensah <robertmensah008@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:14:09 -0800
Subject: urgent need

Dear Partner

I know my email will come to you as a surprise because we never meet
before i contacted you with trust and believe in my heart that we can
work together.I got you contact and i decide to contact you for a
business deal, My Name is Mr George Kwame. I am a Financial Manager in
one of the leading bank here, I write you this proposal in good faith.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I,
as a Financial Manager of the Bank it is my duty to send in a
financial report to our mother bank here at the end of each business
year. On the course of the last 2 years
business and financial
report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the Financial
Manager made Eight Million united state dollars($8,000,000.00) which
my head office are not aware of. I have placed this funds on what we
call escrow account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I
cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting
you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account or in your
country and get 40% of the total funds as commission.

It will be a bank to bank transfer if you wish, and all I need from
you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who
made the deposit with our bank so that my mother bank can order the
transfer to your designated bank account Do not be afraid because i
will be here to give you all the direction and the guide line that you
may need for the success of the fund. Email me if you think we can
work together so that i can give you more details. reply back to
(kwamegeorge012@gmail.com)

Thanks for your kind cooperation.

Yours faithfully,
Mr George Kwame.

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