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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: "john tetteh" <ultimate0005@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:55:39 +0000
Subject: urgent

ATTN. SIR,

Please do not take this email as a surprise; I am Dr. ALI KALIBU, the
foreign remittance director of international Commercial bank, Accra Ghana.
See what’s NEW

www.intercombank.gq.nu

Just recently before the families of Charles Taylor who is facing trial at
The Hague. Before he was caught from EXILE in Nigeria, we open three
accounts for him as beneficiary, but just recently two of the accounts have
been frozen by the authority and I did not disclose to them about the third
account which is having $8.5 M USD. I am writing you this email in
confidence that you are to understand and work with me confidentially
because I have the RIGHT and mandate to make transfer before they
investigate the account and forward the money to your designated account
depending on the agreement we reach. Your honesty and your being able to
work with my instructions to enable this transfer. Your confidentiality is
needed here so that when it enters you account we can share 50/50.

Your urgent response and seriousness would enable us get this through
because I have all the documents which when you tender to the Bank Manager,
he can give me the right and go ahead to make the transfer to your nominated
account. Your urgent response is needed for us to be through. I await your
response.

Dr. ALI KALIBU,
FOREIGN REM. DIR.
ICB GHANA.

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