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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: Dornoo <info@info.com>
Reply-To: mr.simondornoo@rocketmail.com
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:42:29 +0000
Subject: I hope to hear from you soon!!!

Attn: Dear Friend.

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with
you.First of all, let me start by introducing myself. My name is Mr. Simon
Dornoo. I was appointed Managing Director of Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd here in
Ghana-West Africa. Effective March 04, 2010.

I got to contact you Using the international directory of the chambers of
commerce which banks uses to sort for international clients,following my
efforts in searching for a trustworthy person to work with. It is destiny I
believe that has brought us together and I have every confidence that you will
be equal to the task. It is with good spirit of heart I opened up this great
opportunity to you.I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition
for you. I am the accounting officer of Mr. Ken Lay, Enron founder,
who died on
July, 5th 2006, at the age of 64 and his friend and partner Mr. Jeffrey
Schilling, Ex-Enron CEO who was recently convicted 24 years for his
involvement
on the collapse of Enron, the energy trading giant in America.

It will interest to know that on Wednesday, 7th February 2001, Mr. Ken Lay
deposited a total sum of US$21Million dollars and on Tuesday, 24th April 2001,
Mr. Jeffrey Schilling deposited US$13.5M dollars in our Bank. These funds were
deposited into a non-existing company's account which I opened in our bank
under their instructions, to avoid raising an eyebrow but unfortunately for
them and fortunately for me, the 2 men are gone. So right now, we have the sum
of 34.5M dollars lying in the 2 accounts without any proof of ownership as it
was opened with non-existing companies name and the bank is not aware of the
real beneficiaries as the accounts did not bear any name. As their accounting
officer and financial adviser in charge of these counts, I can comfortable
present you to the Bank as the real beneficiary of the funds and they have no
right to deny the application.

I have since then, placed this sum on what we call Escrow account without a
beneficiary. The nature of my work as a staff of the Bank will not
allow me lay
claim on the funds, hence this proposal to you and be informed that as long as
you are ready to cooperate and be truthful to me, I can assure you
that the sky
will be our limit. All documents and proves to enable you get any of the money
will be carefully worked out and more so, I assure you that the business is
risk free, as everything will be handled in accordance with the International
Monetary Guidelines.

I am offering you 40% for your cooperation in achieving this aim. You would be
required to: (1) Assist in the transfer of the said sum (2) Advise on
lucrative
areas for investment. Please, if you are interested in working with me, I will
like you to send the below information's to enable me contact An accredited
attorney to procure the necessary legal documents that will back up the
transfer to your account, kindly include your contact details in your return
mail.

Best Regards,
Mr. Simon Dornoo
Managing Director
Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd
GCB Head Office P. O. Box 134. Accra.
Tel:00233276267696
Secure e-mail:s_dornoo@hotmail.com





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