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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <J.PETER19603@GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:40:46 -0500
Subject: IT WILL INTEREST YOU.



THE REGIONAL BRANCH MANAGER
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK OF GHANA,
ACCRA GHANA.

Dear Sir,

My
name is Mr. J. Peter I am the regional manager of Standard Chartered
Bank of Ghana Takoradi branch in the western region of Ghana. I came to
know you in my Private Search for a reliable and reputable person to
handle this confidential transaction. I write you this proposal in good
faith; I am 43 years old married with four children.

I am a
devoted Christian and a man of peace. I have packaged a financial
transaction that will benefit you and me, as the regional manager of
the Standard Chartered Bank it is my duty to send in a financial report
to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business
year. On the course of 2007 business report, I discovered that my
branch in which I am the manager made One million Two hundred and fifty
thousand united state dollars ($1,250,000.00)which my head office are
not aware of and will never be aware of. I have placed this funds on
what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary. As an officer of
this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of
contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account
and get 30% of the total funds as commission.

There are
practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer and
all I need from you is to stand and claim as the original depositor of
these funds as who made the deposit with my branch so that my head
office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.If you
accept this offer to work with me, and you find this proposal Suitable
for you do furnish me with the following information.

Full
Name.....................................................................................

Contact
Address..................................................................................


Private Telephone
Number...................................................................................


Age......................................................................................


Occupation and
Position.................................................................................

I
will appreciate it very much, If this proposal is acceptable by you, do
not make undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you, and I
assure you we can achieve it successfully.


Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.

Yours truly,
Mr. J. Peter.

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