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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: "Mr. Edward Effah" <breanne@cdamilling.com>
Reply-To: mr.edwardeffah001@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 10:19:13 -0500
Subject: Re: Dearest



Hello Dear,

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise hence we have never
met before, but do not worry because I am using the only secured and
confidential medium available to seek for your foreign assistance in a
business. I am contacting you independently of my investigation and no one
is informed of this communication. My name is Mr. Edward Effah. I am the
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank here in
Ghana. Please I advise you to check these websites

below to confirm my status.


http://www.fidelitybank.com. gh/en/about-fidelity-bank/ management.php
http://www. fidelitycapitalpartners.com/ live/en/management.php?view=
11&pg=138&pp=119&t=board
http://wabaonline.org/ Fidelity%20Bank%20Ghana.html
http://www.ey.com/NG/en/About- us/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/
2011-Finalists-EOY---West- Region
http://www.businessguideghana. com/?p=4701
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ business/8052518.stm
http://www.graphic.com.gh/ business/page.php?news=9371
http://www.ghanatoghana.com/ Ghanahomepage/ghana-runs- fidelity-bank
http://www.fidelitybank.com. gh/



I Hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I
am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.

I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our Bank (Lenor and
Richard Burson from Florida, U.S.A) who died along with his entire family
in a plane crash. For more information's about the crash you can visit
this site:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ americas/502503.stm Since the tragic
death of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen interest to
see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to
claim his funds of US$13,580.000.00M (Thirteen Million Five Hundred &
Eighty Thousand United States Dollars) which has been with our bank for a
very long time.

On this note, I decided to seek your name to be used as the Next of Kin so
that this amount will be transferred to you since nobody is coming for the
money again. The Banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay
more than 14 years, because the money will be transferred to the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.

In view of this, I got your contact through the internet when I was making
a research for a foreigner that I will use in this great opportunity
because I don't want the money to be transferred to our Bank treasury as
unclaimed fund. I am offering you 20% of the total sum if you agree to
execute this transaction with me and the rest 80% will be for me.

The reason for a foreigner in the business is for the fact that the
deceased man was a foreigner and it is not authorized by the law guiding
of Fidelity Bank for a citizen of this country to make such claim.
This is the reason while the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to
apply for the release and transfer of the funds smoothly into your
reliable Bank account.If you are really sure of your integrity,
trustworthy and confidentiality, and accept not disappoint me after this
business,

please reply with your:-

{1} Full Names
{2} Address
{3} Telephone Number, Office & Cell/Mobile
{4} Fax Number
{5} Occupation / Profession / Age


Upon receipt of the above mentioned information's, indicating your
interest in the business, I will inform you of the next step for easy
execution of the transaction.I will not fail to bring to your notice this
business is hitch free and don't have any negative implication. Please you
should not entertain any fear as I have made all modalities for the smooth
and easy transfer of this fund to your account. This transaction will be
completed within few Bank working days immediately we start the business.
Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country immediately
after the transaction. Waiting for your urgent response and please kindly
delete if you are not interested.

Please contact me here only for further information: (
mr.edwardeffah001@hotmail.com or mr.edwardeffah001@yahoo.com)


Regards,
Mr. Edward Effah
Managing Director &
Chief Executive Officer Fidelity Bank.
http://www.fidelitybank.com.gh


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