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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: "From the Desk of Mr.Jude Johnson Koroma" <marinesurveyor@gibtelecom.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:05:39 +0200
Subject: From the Desk of Mr.Jude Johnson Johnson Koroma



From the Desk of Mr.Jude Johnson Koroma
Auditor General
Bank Of Ghana
Accra Ghana.

Dear friend,
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of its

nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. But I am assuring you that all

will be well at the end of the day. I have decided to contact you due to the urgency

of this transaction, as I wish to rely on your discreteness and ability in transaction

of this nature. Let me start by introduce my self properly to you, My name is Mr.Jude

Johnson Koroma, I am the regional Auditor General of the Bank Of Ghana Limited

Ghana. I am 45years of age and married with 3 lovely kids.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 Bank Of 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 year. On the course of the

just finished last year 2010 end of year anual Auditing, I discovered that an excess

profit of Twelve million five hundred and fifty thousand dollars[US$12,550,000.00]

which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have then

immediately 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'm 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 acrra

Ghana Bank Of Ghana so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated

bank account. If you accept this offer to work with me, If you find this proposal

suitable for you do furnish me with the following information.

Your full Name and Contact Address, Your private telephone Number Your Age Your

Occupation and Position. I will appreciate it very much, If this proposal is

acceptable by you.Please do not make undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on

you, and I assure you we can achieve it successfully.

Mr.Jude Johnson Koroma
Auditor General
Bank Of Ghana
Accra Ghana.

Private Email..........gh.b.governorarthur@gmail.com
+233 249 685 092





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