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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: "Dr. Eric Kwado" <kwado_d@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: "Dr. Eric Kwado" <kwado_dr.eric@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:35:28 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME IF YOU ARE IN INTERESTED,


Good Day,

This email is not
in any way an official but a personal and confidential proposal to you
first of all, I have to explain who I am to you, my name is Dr. Eric
Kwado from Accra Ghana West Africa, and I am a bank manager in my bank, I
work with International commercial bank managing one of the branches.
After submitting an approval of the end of year report to our head
office, then I maneuver to put out the sum of $5.5M (Five Million Five
hundred Thousand Dollars only) and my bank is not aware of this. I have
deposited the fund anonymously in an Escrow Savings Account.

After
going through your profile, I decided to ask you if you will agree to
work with me to help me receive this fund in your country. I am ready to
offer you 40% of the total fund for your assistance and commitment. And
I am also willing to use part of the funds for charity in your country.

All
I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of the fund and I
will give you all the guidelines to enable you clear the fund without
any problem.

As a manager of the bank, I cannot be directly
connected to this Fund I am impelled to request for your mutual
assistance to apply and claim this Fund into your bank account for
further investment in your country.

There is practically no risk
involved in this transaction and everything that you do to claim this
fund will be under legitimate ground. The mode of transfer is
practically on your instruction to the bank. If you accept this offer.

If
you are interested, please contact me so we can commence all
arrangements and i will give you more information on how we would handle
this project.

Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the Following:

(1) Full names:
(2) Private phone number:
(3) Current residential address:
(4) Occupation:
(5) Your Passport Copy Or. Working ID card:
(6) Age:
(7) Sex:
(8) Country of Origin

Dr. Eric Kwado
African International commercial bank.
Accra Ghana West-Africa.

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