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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: austine austine <austine222hookup@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:42:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Friend


FROM THE DESK OF MR AUSTINE BAKACHI
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
TEMA GHANA



Dear Friend ,

I got your address via the internet personality search
with the Ghana chamber of commerce and i which to solicate your cooperation for this business of great magnitude however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.I am 49, and work with a bank (one of the African leading banks in the West Coast). Here in this bank existed a dormant
account number IBA 100144986-00 for the past years which belong to Mr Arthur Kenedy an American national who is now late as you can confirm through this wedsite

(www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html).

After going through your profile and with great commitment to prayer and fasting ,i felt relief and alleviated in spirit and decided to contact you immediately for this mutual business relationship.

When i discovered that there had been no deposits nor
withdrawals from this account for this long period, I decided by the virtue of my offcial position in this establishment to carry out a system investigation and discovered that none of the family member nor relations of the late American is aware of this account nor have
shown up for claims despite all effort to contact any
of the living relation in America without any result.

This is the story in a nutshell.

Now i want an account overseas where i can transfer
this funds. Thereafter, i have planned to destroy all
related documents to this account. It is a careful network and for the past years i have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. The amount
is not so much at the moment but plus all the
accumulated interest the balance in this account
stands at-US$15.5 million US dollars.
Now my questions are:

1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can i give you this trust?
3. Can you sponsor this project? if so, What will be
your commission?

Consider this and get back at me as soon as possible.
Finally, it is my humble prayer that the information
as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as
well as the secrecy it deserves.

I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this
project.send a mail for confirmation.Respectfully yours,

MR AUSTINE BAKACHI









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