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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: Michel Amoah <mramoah@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: amoahprivatebox1@yahoo.cn
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:09:48 +0200
Subject: A beneficial proposal



A good day to you,

My name is Mr. Michel Amoah with the SG-SSB of Ghana as the Regional manager,
Adum Branch, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

I got your contact during my search for a reliable, trust worthy and honest
person to introduce this transfer project with me. I am writing to
solicit your
assistance in the noble transfer of US$19.300.000.00.

I have packaged a transaction that will be of mutual benefit to us. As the
branch manager of SG-SSB of Ghana, it is my duty to send a financial report to
my head office in the capital city, Accra, at the end of each financial year.

Following the release of the 2006 year financial report, I discovered that my
branch made US$19.300.000.00 (Nineteen million three hundred thousand united
states dollars); from the transactions accruing to the account of the Inland
Revenue Service (IRS) which my head office will never be aware of
because it was
not detected by our principal auditors:- Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants.

I have diverted the funds into what the bank calls Escrow Call Account with no
beneficiary. As the branch manager of this bank, I cannot be directly
connected
to this money, so my contacting you is to assist me receive the funds in your
bank account in your country and get 35% of the total funds as your benefit.

If you agree to work on this with me, I will immediately program your full
information in the computer system here in Adum branch as the Escrow Call
Account holder/depositor in SG-SSB Bank of Ghana.

All I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund.

Mail me if you think we can work together. {amoahprivatebox1@yahoo.cn}

Thanks for your co-operation in advance.

Yours truly,
Mr. Michel Amoah

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