419 scam: "GENERAL FAMOUS ADUNGA KUFFOU" <gencontrollerghanagovtports@yahoo.com> CAN YOU HANDLE A TRANSFER OF $45,500.000.00 USD!!!!!!!!!!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- gencontrollerghanagovtports@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "GENERAL FAMOUS ADUNGA KUFFOU" <gencontrollerghanagovtports@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gencontrollerghanagovtports@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:52:27 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: CAN YOU HANDLE A TRANSFER OF $45,500.000.00 USD!!!!!!!!!!

Good day my friend!

I am General Famous Adunga Kuffour, i am looking forward to you for your
assistance of a transfer deal of US$45,500.000.00 to your account of a
depository made by a

foreign investor by name Mr. Edward Weal from Liberia for an investment
programme that has remained dormant for years now. I discovered that the
account holder

deposited this fund in a bank (MIDLAND NATIONAL BANK) died without making
a WILL on the depository.

This money cannot be approved to a local bank account holder, but can only
be approved to a foreign beneficiary hence i seek your partnership in this
regard. If you

will stand as next of kin/beneficiary to the late depositor, i will offer
to you 25% of the fund as this is a TWO-man business deal transaction. And
i guarantee you

with all honesty that this deal is 100% risk free because everything has
been legalized for the transfer to be made to your nominated account.

I shall provide you with more details and relevant documents that will
help you understand this transaction. I need your assistance and
co-operation to this reality as

I have done my Home-work and fine tune the best way to create you as the
beneficiary of the fund. My position as a General in the Army will be used
to advance this

deal for the bank to make the transfer of the fund to your own account in
your country without an eyebrow being raised.

I will like you to provide immediately your full Names and Address, Date
of Birth, Occupation, Tel & Fax Numbers so that an Attorney will be able
to prepare the

necessary documents and affidavit which will put you in place as the
beneficiary to the late depositor Mr. Edward Weal, and for the transfer of
the US$45,500M by the

depositor's bank to be made to your bank account. The Attorney will draft
and carry out the notarization of the WILL and also obtain the necessary
documents and letter

of probate/administration in your favour for the transfer.

I anticipate your full response and cooperation in finalizing this
transaction. And i expect you will not take the undue advantage of the
trust i will bestow in you

when this fund is remitted to your account. You can contact me for
acknowledgment on my personal email: gencontrollerghanagovtports@gmail.com

I await your immediate response in regards of the transfer.

Regards,
GENERAL FAMOUS ADUNGA KUFFOUR

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