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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: "Mr. Martins Addo" <mr.martinsaddo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 04:24:12 -0800
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL, STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL
TRANSFER OF $38 MILLION U.S DOLLARS.
From the desk of: Mr. Martins Addo


I am making this contact with you on behalf of my company after a
satisfactory information we gathered from the Ghana Chamber of commerce and
industries.
I am a member of (Tender Board Committee) of the Global Access &
Construction Company
(G.A.C.C)Tema. Our duties include award Evaluation, and review of
Contracts.
In the Year 2002 my committee awarded me a contract of 350-000.000 (THREE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION U.S DOLLARS) , for an engineering procurement
,construction of pipeline network at tema oil refinery plant .The actual
contract sum was deliberately paid over invoice by us (T.B.C) The project
was executed and the contract Paid accordingly.

I and my colleagues have made every arrangement to move this fund into your
personal account in your country, for an investment plan. 30% is for you
as the sole beneficiary and owner of account, and 70% left for us the
officials G.A.CC <http://g.a.cc/>
I will appreciate if this transaction will be treated with utmost
Confidentiality. I do hope i can trust you, as a regard. In light of this I
would like you to forward to the following information.

1) YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS.
2)YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER.
3) YOUR PERSONAL TEL AND FAX NUMBERS.
4) NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIARY COMPANY CORPORATION.

This will enable us to forward the information to our apex bank, bank of
Ghana for the purpose of processing and immediate transfer of this fund
into your account as the sole beneficiary.

Please note that after this transaction you will be giving an invitation.

Your quick response will be highly appreciated.
Best regards
Mr. Martins Addo

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