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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: amponfelix <amponfelix@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 01:46:32 -0800
Subject: LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU

Hello,

I am Mr. Felix Ampon, am working in a Bank here in Ghana as the Branch
manager. I have packaged a transaction that will be of mutual benefit to us
which I want to share with you now. As the branch manager it is my duty to
send a financial report and declare the profits we made at the end of
financial year to Head office if our Bank.

Following the release of the 2012 fiscal year financial report and after
declaring our profit to the Head office, I discovered that my branch made
excess profit to the tune of Ten Million, two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars ($10,250,000.00) This robust Financial Performance is Unprecedented
and it was due to new oil discovery in Ghana which I as a Branch Manager
engaged in financial support to some oil companies in importation of Oil
Facilities. When I discover this excess profit, I quickly moved it into
what the bank called Escrow account with no beneficiary. Meanwhile as you
know I can not be directly connected to this fund for obvious reasons. So
my contacting you is to assist me receive the fund in your bank account as
the owner and beneficiary. I am willing to offer you 30% of the fund if you
cooperate very with me, more details and process of receiving this fund
will be given to you in due cause.

You are to be presented to our bank to claim this fund as the original
depositor. Being a Branch manager in my bank, the secret of the bank system
is under my palm, placing your details in the system as the original
depositor is an easy work for me, so that my Head office will immediately
process the transfer of this fund to your bank account in your county or
any where you wish to.

Please get back to me with your current information as follows:

Your Full
Names:...............................................................

Current
Address:...............................................................

Current Telephone Numbers for easy
communication:................................................

Until I hear from you.

Regards,

Mr.Felix Ampon

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