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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: "Carrick Owusu" <bintutu001@adinet.com.uy>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:18:22 +0900
Subject: Greetings" From Carrick, Please Get Back To Me




Compliment,

My name is Mr Carrick Owusu, a politician and a previous member of Ghana's
executive committee on contract awards.

My purpose of connecting you is to crave your indulgence to assist me in
securing some funds abroad for safe keeping which

I incidentally kept to help me finance my senatorial elections campaign
under the party umbrella of National Patriotic

Party (NPP) last three years December 2012, Unfortunately for me I lost
the senatorial seat during my party conducted

election primary to my opposition member under the same party umbrella.

But with my immediate contact, I was able to deposit some kickback money
emanated from award of contracts awarded to

Chinese and Malaysia companies in a security vault with a commercial bank
in Ghana pending when I will found a trustworthy

person to move out the fund from Ghana to oversea bank account for
business investment.

The need to contact you arose from the fact that the present elected
government now to crack down on past immediate

government functionaries of (NPP) and trying to trace all the funds that
was made through contract awards and other mouth

watering deals during our tenure in the office from the year 2000 to 2008,
if they succeed in tracing this fund to me, they

will seize it and thereby incapacitating my life time opportunities.

I wish to relocate this fund in a foreigner's name to avoid any trace. All
I need from you is an assurance that you can

handle the amount involved (US$19,500,000) comfortably and that I can also
trust you.


This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is a
legitimate and does not originate from drug, money

laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. On your interest, let me hear
from you.

Be fully rest assured that there is no risk involved. I want you to
immediately inform me of your willingness in assisting

and co-operating with me, so that I can send you full details of this
transaction.

Yours faithfully,
Carrick Owusu.

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