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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: Alhassan Andani <alhassanandani80@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 14:43:15 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

Dear Friend,

I know this proposal might come to you as a surprise, since it is from
someone you do not know or have not seen before, but based on
recommendation, trust and confidentiality I decided to contact you. First
let me introduce myself to you, My name is Mr.Alhassan Andani, I am the
Manager Foreign Remittance Department of standard chartered bank Ghana. I
am 51 years of age and married with 3 lovely kids. It may interest you to
hear that I am a man of PEACE and INTEGRITY; I only hope we can assist each
other. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of
us, as the Manager Foreign Remittance Department of the standard chartered
bank Ghana.; it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office
in the capital city of Accra at the end of each year.. On the course of
last 2011 end of year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the
manager made an excess profit of 6.850 million us dollars which my head
office are not aware of and will never be aware of.I have since placed this
fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary. As an
officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money, this is
why I,m contacting you for us to work so that you can assist me and receive
this money into your bank account for us to share. Upon your acceptance of
this proposal, I have generally agreed on this sharing ration 50% of the
total sum will be given to you for your assistance upon the receipt of the
funds in your account while 50% will also be for me. Note that there are
practically no risks involved in this transaction, it will be bank to bank
transfer,all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of
this fund who made the deposit with Accra branch so that my Head office can
order the transfer of the fund to your designated bank account in your
country without delay. Such transfer from our head office takes not more
than 72hours. This kind of transfers is just like someone who banks in a
particular bank and at a point in time wishes to close his or her account
and transfer the funds to a different bank. I assure you we can achieve it
successfully if you can follow my instruction and direction. In your reply,
please send the following information as underlined below:


1. Your full names:
2. Your phone number;
3. Your nationality;
4. Your Age/Sex;
5. Your occupation;
6. Your Bank details;

Notwithstanding, this business must be confidential between you and me,no
third party must know anything about this transaction untill the fund is
transfer to any of your nominated bank account in your country and as soon
as these is done,i will proceed to meet with you in your country for my own
50% share of the fund. I hope to hear from you via my personal email: Thank
you for your understanding. Best regards,

Mr. Alhassan Andani.
Manager Foreign Remittance Department,
Standard Chartered Bank Accra Ghana.

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