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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: Jerry Morgan <j.morgan227@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 12:36:35 -0700
Subject: Private & Confidential

Dear Friend,

I
got your contact during my search for a reliable, trust worthy and
honest person to introduce this transfer project with. My name is Mr.
Jerry Morgan, I am the manager of the Social Security Bank (SG-SSB
LIMITED)Ghana,I am writing to solicit your assistance in the noble
transfer of US$7.500.000.00. This fund is the excess of what my branch
in which I am the manager made as profit during the year in my Head
Office here in Accra and they will never know of this Excess.

I
have since then, placed this amount of US$7.500.000.00 (Seven Million
Five hundred Thousand United States Dollars) on a SUSPENSE ACCOUNT
without a beneficiary.I am currently seeking a means of expanding and
relocating business interest in the following sectors: Banking Real
estate, Stock speculation and mining, Transportation and Tobacco,
Agriculture, Oil and gas and Gold dust.

As
an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money
thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money
into your bank account. I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while
70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no
risk involved in this. It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your
nominated bank account anywhere you feel safer.

All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.
With regards,
Mr. Jerry Morgan

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