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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: Appiah Davidson <app_davidson6@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: davidson.appiah@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:57:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Cape Coast


From the Desk Of,
Mr.Davidson Appiah,
Cape Coast,Regional Manager,
International Commercial Bank,
Accra- Ghana.

Dear Brethren,

Compliment of the seasons.

My names are Mr.Davidson Appiah, I am the Cape Coast Regional Manager of the International Commercial Bank of Ghana in West Africa.I am a Christian.I do not want problems but I just hope you can assist me. I write you this letter in good faith.
I am in control of Seven Million, Two Hundred & Fifty Thousand US Dollars ($7,250,000.00) and I realized the excess profit from a contract that was awarded to a foreign company here in Ghana by the World Health Organization to supply ante-natal and post-natal drugs to rural areas in Ghana and other West African Countries.

This said money for the supply of drugs was first deposited in my Bank for some time and as the manager,I traded with the money in Ghana Stock Market and made some good profit before the contractors withdrew the money for the said purposes.I deposited the profit I made on Escrow call account and I did not declare this to my head office.
I contacted you, to stand as the beneficiary of this fund because as the regional manager, I do not have to be involved with this kind of amount of money. I can move this money to our offshore filtering center London covering the region, but can I rely trust you to hold this money for me until I arrive your country and pick it up myself and you deduct 25% of the money as your commission?

All I need is for you to get me a good current account in your Bank where I can move this money.There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank to bank transfer.
If you accept my offer, you can contact me on this same e mail address. If you did not accept, can you forget I contacted you and no disclosure to anyone?
..
I hope you understand my situation.

Thank you and God bless.

Yours truly,
Mr.Davidson Appiah.



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