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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: "GEORGE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrabbeygeorge@sanook.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:58:17 -0800
Subject: FUND RELEASE 29/1/2010

>From the desk of
Mr.Abbey George.
ADB-Allied Development Bank Ghana
Address:21st Otubour Street- Cantonment,
Ring road Accra Ghana.

Dear Friend,

I am enchanted using this tremendous opportunity to converse with you in this medium of communication. I am Mr.Abbey George, Finance Director of a ADB bank here in Ghana. I am contacting you for a possible business transfer worth $6.5Million I am using this moment to give you the cognizance and also to seek your assistance to this business proposal.

In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of ($6.5Million) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers an American Mr.Bob Williams,who died along with his entire family in Alaska Plane crash on February 1st 2000.

Do not view this as being illegal but an opportunity for us to enrich our hope in life instead of the bank converting this much money to the security funds. all required arrangements have been made for the smooth transfer of these funds into your account,and your acceptance is what will crown this effort. It will be my interest to finish this transaction with you, all i need from you is sincerity and trust to achieve this goal.

If you can be a collaborator to this transaction, please indicate your positive interest immediately for us to proceed. Remember this is absolutely confidential.To establish this you have to send the following information to me PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS mrabbeygeorge@sanook.com

FULL NAMES:........
ADDRESS: ...........
STATE:...............
COUNTRY...............
AGE:.......
OCCUPATION:.................
MOBILE PHONE:................
TELEFAX NUMBER:..............

Thank you for your time and attention.
Thanks and God bless You,
Mr.Abbey George

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