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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: "Ghana National Petroleum Corporation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.comfortaniagyei0@yahoo.es>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:46:04 -0400
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL NOTE FOR YOU !!!

Greetings My Dear Friend,
 
 
Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making you this offer and it is utterly confidential and genuine by virtue of its nature.
 
 
However, I am the Executive Director of Finance at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), and I write to solicit your assistance in a funds transfer deal involving US$18.6Million (Eighteen Million Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) this fund has been stashed out of the over-invoiced made by my office where I worked which I am the Executive Director of Finance.
 
 
 
As I stated above, this money originated from over-invoiced contract executed for the corporation some years back, and we are searching for a reliable foreign partner who can help us receives the said fund into a foreign account for safe-keeping pending my arrival with my colleagues for the sharing with you as the account owner into which the money is remitted.
 
 
 
Actually a foreign firm has long completed this contract and the contractor duly paid. I now seek if you would permit the surplus to be remitted into your account.
 
 
 
As a matter of fact, we are top Government Officials and we cannot come out openly to claim this ? amount. This is why we are looking for an experienced and honest company or individual abroad whose documents would be tendered by us here in Ghana as one of the sub-contractors that executed the original project.
 
 
 
However, I would wish to receive your personal assurance that you would not sit on the money when it goes into your account. More importantly, you keep confidential this transaction, in order not to tarnish the confidence reposed in the officials involved in this transaction.
 
 
 
You should not fear any risk because we have concluded all arrangements to safe-guide you in the transaction. This business is 100% risk free.
 
 
 
Hence, it requires high level of confidence and secrecy. Meanwhile this is the breakdown of the sharing modalities:
 
 
 
(A). 10% WILL BE USED TO SETTLE TRANSFER CHARGES AND LEGAL PROTOCOLS.
(B). 30% IS FOR USING YOUR ACCOUNT.
(C). 60% FOR US THE ORIGINATORS.
 
 
 
Be informed that on completion of this business I will use part of my money to invest in your country under your care if possible.
 
Please note that the transfer operation will take seven to fourteen working days to be completed.
 
 
 
For more information about me, visit our official website of my corporation, Please copy and paste the link on your browser :  http://www.gnpcghana.com/aboutus/management.asp
 
 
 
You will find information about me which is self explanatory. Contact me through my private email as below for security reason: mrs.comfortaniagyei0@yahoo.es .
 
 
 
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Comfort Aniagyei
(Executive Director of Finance)
 
 

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