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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: michealezra@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 07:09:40 -0700
Subject: Plez get back to me....




Compliments,

I am Mr.Micheal Ezra a Resident Auditor of International Commercial Bank
Ghana a recent audit carried out here have shown an inheritance payment of
US$ 25Million made to a National of your country On 21st April 2002, As an
officer of the bank I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am
impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank
account.

I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me I do
need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this it's going
to be a bank-to-bank transfer all I need from you is to stand as the original
depositor of this fund. That is why I choose you as a foreign partner honest
and reliable person. I prayed over it and decided to confide in you because
of your integrity and educational background.

You have to reply if you have a good heart and will not sit on our Share
.We have some vital documents that will be required legally by my Bank to
establish you as the Beneficiary.

If you accept this offer I will appreciate your timely response By Your following
contact details

a. Your complete names
b. Your address
c. Company name if any
d. Private telephone number
e. Private fax number
f. Private email address

with best regards
Mr.Micheal Ezra
Resident Auditor.


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