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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 Lawrence Fawusu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lfawusu@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:56:43 -0000
Subject: From Mr Lawrence Fawusu

>From the Desk of Mr Lawrence Fawusu
Branch Manager, International Commercial
Bank Gh Ltd (ICB)ACCRA.



Dear Friend,

I hope this may not constitute sort of embarrassment to you, , My name is Mr Lawrence Fawusu ,I am the regional bank manager of the International
Commercial Bank of Ghana. I came to know you in my Private Search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential Transaction.


I am a married man with 3 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and INTERGRITY; I only hope we can assist
each other. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the regional Auditor General of the International Commercial
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 year.

On the course of the year 2009 end of year report, I discovered that an excess profit of four million five hundred and fifty thousand dollars[US
Dollars 4,550,000.00] which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT
without any beneficiary. As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money, this is why I am contacting you for us to work so
that you can assist and receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE.

The sharing of the fund are thus: 45% for you 45% for me and the remaining 10% for any Tax or Vat expenses incurred in this transaction. Note that
there are practically no risks involved in this transaction as it is 100% risk free and legally bonded, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need
from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with Takoradi branch so that my Head office can order the
transfer to your designated bank account.

Do not make undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you, and I assure you we can achieve it successfully.

Best regards,


Mr Lawrence Fawusu


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