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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: james mensa <jkatalin20@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mensajames@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 04:38:50 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend

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Dear Friend,

I am Mr James Mensa and I work with the department of Audit and accounting
manager here in the B.O.A Bank, West Africa Ghana.

There is this fund that was kept in my custody years ago,please I need your
assistance for the transferring of this fund to your bank account for both
of us to benefit from lifetime investment and the amount is (US$4.5 Million
Dollars).

I have every inquiry details to make the bank believe you and release the
fund within 5 banking working days with your full cooperation with me after
success.

Note/ 50% for you why 50% for me after the success of the transfer to your
bank account.

Below information is what I need from you so we can be reaching each other .

1)Private telephone number...
2)Age...
3)Nationality...
4)Occupation ...
5)Full name ..

Mr James Mensa

Private Email Address/
mensajames@yahoo.com

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