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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: nedu nwachukwu <nedu_nwachukwu01@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:05:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: LET US WORK TOGETHER.


FROM:NEDU NWACHUKWU.
TELE: +233-24-677-3700
EMAIL:nedu_nwachukwu1@yahoo.ca


DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS NEDU NWACHUKWU, I AM THE MANAGER OF
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF GHANA KOFORIDUA
BRANCH IN THE EASTERN REGION OF GHANA. I GOT YOUR
INFORMATION ON A BANK CONFERENCE WITH OTHER AFRICAN
COUNTRIES HELD IN ABIDJAN THE CAPITAL CITY OF COTE
DIVOIRE IN WEST AFRICA. I WRITE YOU THIS LETTER IN
GOOD FAITH; I AM 57 YEARS OLD WITH THREE KIDS.

I HAVE PACKAGED A TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU
AND ME, AS THE BRANCH MANAGER OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL BANK IT IS MY DUTY TO SEND A REPORT TO MY
HEAD OFFICE IN THE CAPITAL CITY ACCRA AT THE END OF
EACH YEAR BUSINESS. ON THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO
YEARS 2004 BUSINESS REPORT, I DISCOVERED THAT MY
BRANCH IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE SEVEN MILLION
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS WHICH MY
HEAD OFFICE IS NOT AWARE OF AND WILL NEVER BE AWARE OF
IT.

I HAVE DEPOSITED THIS FUNDS ON WHAT WE CALL FIXED
ACCOUNT WITH NO BENEFICIARY. AS THE BRANCH MANAGER OF
THIS BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS FUND,
SO MY CONTACTING YOU TO THIS TRANSACTION IS TO ASSIST
ME RECEIVE THESE FUNDS IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND GET
25% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AS YOUR OWN SHARE IF YOU AGREE
TO ASSIST ME, I WILL IMMEDIATELY PROGRAM YOUR FULL
INFORMATION’S IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM HERE IN MY OWN
BRANCH AS AN ACCOUNT OWNER IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL
BANK OF GHANA. IT WILL BE A BANK-TO-BANK TRANSFER, AND
ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND CLAIM AS THE ORIGINAL
DEPOSITOR OF THESE FUNDS WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT WITH MY
BRANCH SO THAT MY HEAD OFFICE WILL IMMEDIATELY ORDER
THE TRANSFER TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT.

IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME I WILL APPRECIATE IT
VERY MUCH. MY PHONE NUMBER IS +233-24-677-3700 CALL ME
IF YOU THINK WE CAN WORK AS A PARTNER SO THAT I WILL
GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS.


THANK YOU IN ADVANCE AS YOU COOPERATE WITH ME AND GOD
BLESS YOU.

YOUR SINCERELY,
NEDU NWACHUKWU.

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