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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: peter simon <petersimon113@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:23:13 -0700
Subject: Good News

>From The Office Of,
Mr. Peter Simon,
The Regional Branch Manager,
The Trust Bank GhanaLimited (TTB),
Madina-Ghana West Africa.




Dear friend, PLease Get Back To Me

I humbly introduce my self to you as, Mr.Peter Simon. I am the
Regional Branch Manager of The Trust Bank Ghana Limited(TTB), Madina
Branch Ghana West Africa.

I write you this proposal in good faith; I am married with four (4)
lovely children. I am a man of peace, and have sincere respect for
human feelings and opinions. I have packaged a financial transaction
that will benefit you and me.

As the Regional Branch Manager of The Trust Bank Ghana Limited(TTB),
Madina Branch, Ghana 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 last year, 2008 business report, I discovered that
the branch in which I am the Manager made US$10.2 million United
States Dollars ($10,200,000.00) which my head office is not aware of
and will never be aware of. I have placed this funds on what we call
Escrow call deposit 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 your commission.

There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law, it will be simply 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 can
order the transfer to your designated bank account under few working
days. If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much as
you are the first and the only person I am contacting for this
transaction.

Send me an email as soon as you receive this message, so that we can
go over the details.

we are waiting for your mail so that we can proceed and hand you over
all the vital documents for you to study for your records.with do respect we
will need all this information from you.
Your Full Name........
Your Address.........
Telephone and fax numbers.......
Your Age........
Your Occupation........
Your Marital status.....
Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.

Sincerely,

Mr. Peter Simon.Good News

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