419 scam: "Bank of Ghana." <offreicef.bi1214@gmail.com> Dear Friend

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- bnkofgh@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bank of Ghana." <offreicef.bi1214@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bnkofgh@financier.com
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 14:15:54 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

My name is Johnson Pandit Asiama,I am 54 years of age and married with
3 lovely kids, I only hope we can assist each other. I have packaged a
financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the regional
Auditor General of Bank of Ghana. it is my duty to send in a financial
report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each
year..

On the course of last year 2016 end of year report, I discovered that
my branch in which I am the Head made an excess profit of Five Million
Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand united states dollars [$5.750,000.00]
which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of.I
have
since placed this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this
money, this is why I,m contacting you for us to work together so that
you can assist me receive this money into your bank account for us to
share.

Upon your acceptance of this proposal, I have generally agreed on this
sharing ration 40% of the total sum will be given to you for your
assistance upon the receipt of the funds in your account while 60%
will be for me.

Note that there are practically no risks involved in this transaction,
it will be bank to bank transfer,all I need from you is to stand
claim as our foreign customer who originally deposited this fund with
our branch so that my Head office can order the transfer to your
designated bank account.

I assure you we can achieve it successfully if you can follow my
instruction and direction.

1. Your full names___________________________________
2 Your full address_________________________________
3. Your phone number_________________________________
4. Your nationality__________________________________
5. Your Age/Sex______________________________________
6. Your occupation___________________________________

Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
Johnson Pandit Asiama.
Email: bnkofgh@financier.com

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