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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: Matin Dankwa <emefielegodwin0243@gmail.com>
Reply-To: matindkwa6@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:02:27 +0100
Subject: Kindly get back to me for more details

Dear Sir / Madam,

How are you today? I hope fine.

Before I proceed i would like to introduce myself to you. My name is Mr
Martin Dankwa a staff of one of a Commercial Bank in Ghana. I have a
confidential business proposition for you. I got your contact from
(Worldwide companies Directory) On June, 2006 An oil consultant /
contractor with the Ghanaian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Todd Gry
made a numbered time of fixed deposit for twelve calendar months valued at
Ten Million united states dollars USD10 million in my branch. Upon
maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got
no reply.

After a month, i sent a reminder and finally discovered from his contact
employers, that he died along with his family in auto crash. On further
investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to
trace his next of kin were fruitless. I also made further investigation and
discovered that, he did not declare any next of kin in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork. This sum of US$10 million
is still in our Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year. No one will come forward to claim it.

According to our banking ethics and law , at the expiration of 8 years, the
money will revert to the ownership of our bank if nobody applies to claim
the funds. Now, my proposal is that I would want you, as a foreigner to
stand as the next of kin to Mr Terry Collins so that the fruits of this old
man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials in my country.

This is simple,
1)I want you to provide to me your complete name and address so that an
attorney will prepare all the necessary documents and affidavits, which
will put you in place as the next of kin to this fixed deposit. We shall
employ the services of an attorney for drafting all the necessary documents
in your favor to enable the transfer of this fund to you as the beneficiary
/ next of kin of Mr Terry Collins The money will be paid into your
nominated account for us to share in the ratio of 50% for you and 50% for
me.

There is no risk as all the paper work for this transaction will be done by
the attorney and my position as a staff of this department, guarantees the
successful execution of this deal.If you are interested, reply immediately.
Upon your response I shall then give you more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the deal very well.

Kindly observe utmost confidentiality, and 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. You as well call me on
my telephone number (+233545353040)

Regards,
Mr Martin Dankwa

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