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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: PRESIDENT OF GHANA <office.of.presidency.gh@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:19:34 +0000
Subject: DEAD OR ALIVE (FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY)

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY,
P.O. Box 1676,
Osu, Accra
Email: office.of.presidency.gh@gmail.com



*
FROM: JOHN EVANS ATTA MILLS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
OF GHANA*

Attention, Beneficiary



How are you and the entire members of your family? May God be with you
all your life Amen? well i have to inform you that I, professor John Evans
Atta Mills, the president republic of Ghana Accra .

Please to inform you this day that we are experiencing some dramatic
changes in your bank ACCOUNT here.This morning a man named Mr. Kwang Chua
from CHINA came to my office to make a change of ownership from your name
to his name.
He said that you are dead and your Account here in the bank worth
$12,500,000.00usd which should be transferred DIRECTLY to you,is now his as
the next of kin to you. We notice that because of the 2012 half way
ALLOCATION BUDGET,we are just releasing funds to investors with ease and
that's why many people are trying to impersonate and has caused us some
earlier mistake of funds transferred to one person and another comes in
again saying he has not yet received.

So we just decided to contact you to confirm before we proceed.

If you are alive,then prove it by responding via telephone and email ok?.


Awaiting your nest responds.


Office of the Presidency
Mrs. Josephine Blake
Secretary to the President
Mr. John Evans Atta Mills (Direct phone number +233-244-777-376)

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