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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: "Thomas White" <thomas.white@cantv.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:00:43 -0430
Subject: In Good Faith.

From: The Desk of Dr.Thomas White
Manager,
International Commercial Bank Limited
Tema Branch , Ghana .

Dear,

I hope this may not constitute sort of embarrassment to you, but I will be
very please if this transaction will make us know each other as we both are
going to benefit from this transaction, First I must solicit your
confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being
utterly confidential and top secret. But I am assuring you that all will be
well at the end of the day.

I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as we
have been reliably informed of your discreetness and ability in transaction
of this nature. Let me start by introduce my self properly to you, my name
is Thomas White, I am the regional manager of the International Commercial
Bank of Ghana, Tema branch in the Western Region of Ghana. I came to know
you in my Private Search for a Reliable and Reputable Person to handle this
Confidential Transaction. I am 48years of age and married with 9 lovely
kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and INTERGRITY;
I only hope we can assist each other..

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as
the regional manager of the International Commercial Bank Limited; it is my
duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city
Accra at the end of each year. On the course of the last year end of year
report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made
$33.500.000.00USD (thirty three Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) which my head office are not aware of and will never be
aware of. I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT
without any beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money,
so this informed my contacting you for us to work, so that you can assist
and receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. The sharing
of the fund are thus: 50% for you 50% for me . Note! There are practically
no risk involved, this transaction is 100% risk free and legally blinded,
it will be wire swift transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as
the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so
that our Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank
account. If you accept this offer to work with me, If you find this
proposal suitable for you do furnish me with the following informational:
Your full Name, Contact Address, Occupation and Position, Date of Birth,
Gender, Marital Status, Nationality, Tel/Fax Number. To enable me fix your
data in our bank file, so that you will be recognized in our bank (ICB) as
a customer before the onward transfer. I will appreciate it very much. If
this proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage of the
trust I have bestowed in you. And how we can achieve it successfully.

Contact me direct on my yahoo id

thomas.white207@yahoo.fr
Best regard
Dr. Thomas White

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