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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: "MR. RICHARD YOUNG" <info@chin.com>
Reply-To: paymentcenter_atm09@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:57:54 +0800
Subject: RELEASE OF YOUR DELAYED FUNDS!!!



Central Bank Of Ghana,
14th Floor 51/55 Broad Street,
P.M.B 12321 Accra-Ghana


Attn: Dear Client,

I, the dispatched director have been meeting with the Board of
Senate's here in
Ghana and presently they just concluded that as a beneficiary Due to
the problem
you are having with the cost of getting your funds worth $6.8 Million Dollars,
I, Richard Young and other members of the Senate House have met with
the Finance
Minister and the Central Bank of Ghana and have decided that we have to use a
diplomat to deliver your package, the diplomat will be leaving by tomorrow and
they have concluded as you beneficiary you will have to pay a little fee to
enable the Diplomat travel to your country succesfully, this is just for your
name to be registered here at the Court as the paid beneficiary of the
funds, so
you are not paying any fee but this is just for registration as the
beneficiary,
the fee is $35 and has to be paid in the next 48hours as soon as you received
this mail, hope you did understood this mail properly, the details you need to
send the $35 is stated below.

NOTE: That you are to proceed with the payment as soon as you get this mail
using Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram. After confirmation of your
payment your ATM CARD worth 6.8 Million Dollars will be delivered to
you in the
next 36hrs "Almost Two Working Days". Also, the $35 USD needs to be sent ahead
and cannot be deducted from the prize money, which is according to the bank
policies. You can effect the payment by transfer through WESTERN UNION
OR MONEY
GRAM which ever is convenient to you, the account officer's details to receive
the money is stated below:


Receiver First Name: ESOSA
Receiver Last Name: BOJE
RECEIVER COUNTRY: GHANA
CITY: ACCRA
TEST QUESTION: 001
ANSWER: 002
AMOUNT SENT: $35 USD


After effecting ahead the payment for you getting your funds via western union
money transfer, do well to email me the following,


SENDER NAME:
SENDER ADDRESS/STATE:
AMOUNT PAID:
SENDER COUNTRY:
SENDER PHONE NUMBER:
MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER (M.T.C.N):

I await your payment details soon


Mr. Richard Young
DIRECT TEL: +233-5439-56345
EMAIL:paymentcenter_atm09@yahoo.com.hk
Dispatch Director

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