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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: GHANA POLICE SERVICE <calico.chuks@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davejoh2015@outlook.com
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 01:21:46 -0700
Subject: FROM GHANA POLICE SERVICE
ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM
I AM INSPECTOR DAVID EJOH FROM THE GHANA POLICE SERVICE HERE IN
REPUBLIC OF GHANA. THIS AFTERNOON,WE APPREHENDED 9 INTERNET SCAMMERS
AT THE GLOBAL-LINK INTERNET CAFE HERE IN ACCRA,DURING OUR
INTERROGATION , FOUR OF THEM CONFESSED THEY HAS BEEN SCAMMING YOU AND
MANY OTHER FOREIGNERS USING SOME HIGH REPUTABLE OFFICES AND
IMPERSONATING WITH NAMES OF HIGH PROFILED PERSONALITIES IN GHANA,
CAN YOU CONFIRMED THE NAMES OF PEOPLE THAT EXTORTED MONEY FROM YOU OR
THOSE APPROACHED FOR TO SEND MONEY TO INVESTIGATE THEIR CASE BEFORE
TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THEM. WITH YOU CO-OPERATION YOU SHALL
RECOVER ALL MONEY YOU PAID BECAUSE
THEY HAVE
ACCEPTED TO REFUND BACK WHATSOEVER AMOUNT COLLECTED FROM YOU.
YOU ARE ADVISED TO FORWARD ALL YOUR CORRESPONDENCE WITH THIS SCAMMERS
SO THAT YOU CAN BE ABLE TO RECOVER BACK YOUR FUND.
WHEN YOU REPLY, I SHALL FORWARD THE PHOTOS OF THE SCAMMER FOR YOUR
VERIFICATION AND PERUSAL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR POSITIVE
CO-OPERATION REGARDING THIS MATTER AS
WE HOPE FOR A BETTER
GHANA.
REGARDS:
INSPECTOR DAVID EJOH
GHANA POLICE SERVICE
HEAD QUARTERS
ACCRA GHANA
TELEPHONE +233546661523
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