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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. William Panford" <act_lawyer@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: panfordwilliamofficemail@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:18:47 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From:Mr. William Panford (my desire to acquire allocation investment )


Attn:Sir/M,
 
I am Mr. William Panford Director Telex department Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) I write to inform you of my desire to acquire allocation investment like real estates or landed properties in your country on behalf of the Contracts payment and Finance Allocations business partnership as foreign agent in your country.
 
Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want the transaction to be as strictly confidential as possible. He further wants his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until the completion of the transaction.
 
Hence our desire to have an overseas agent, I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as our overseas agent in order to actualize this transaction. The deal, in brief, is that the funds with which we intend to carry out our proposed investments in your country is presently in a coded account at the i.e. paying bank and we need your assistance to transfer the funds to your country in a convenient bank account that we need you to provide the foreign account by your self before we can put the funds into use location of your country. For this, I programmed the fund release to you as  you shall be considered to have executed a contract with me to stand as Late Mr. Morris Thomson Next of kin who was a business man who dealing with Ghana Gold company Limited, where the fund redacted is from Ghana  gold house  Accra Ghana been that he has already signed this payment to be effected to his foreign agent in overseas from Ghana finance
minister Head office, The contract sum of amount shall run into US$150, 000, 000 Million dollars, One hundred and fifty million dollars united state of America  before Late  Mr. Morris Thompson unfortunately lost his life off Alaska plane crash Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on January 31st 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You can read more about the crash on visiting web site. Your assistance offer d will be 25% if you agree to be my overseas agent in this business to finance this transaction to be done in your account.
 
As soon as payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is successfully transferred into your account, we intend to use my own share in acquiring investment in abroad.  You shall also serve me as my business partner and also my agent in overseas. In the light of this, I would like you to forward to me the following information below: Your Full Name and address, your Personal fax number/ personal telephone number, your copy of international passport or driving lances ID Card Identify.
 
In times of easy Identification and communication, if you are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal through my above stated email address :(panfordwilliamofficemail@ymail.com) to enable us have discussion for the further details that will be modalities for seeing this transaction through. Your quick response will be highly appreciated.
 
Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation
Yours faithfully,
 
Mr. William Panford
Telex Director (GCB)
Telex code: 2034COMBNKGH

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