419 scam: Mr. Ofori Wisdom <ofori.wisdom0000@bog.gov.gh> Good day 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:

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:
- "good day friend" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr. Ofori Wisdom <ofori.wisdom0000@bog.gov.gh>
Reply-To: ofori.wisdom0000@gmail.com
Date: 10 Nov 2017 15:19:47 +0700
Subject: Good day friend

Good day friend,

How are you doing sir. I wish to introduce myself, I am Mr. Ofori Wisdom the Head of Information Technology Department also head the (Account/Internal & External Auditing) of the Bank of Ghana. There is a huge amount of money US$55,000,000.00 detected as over invoice payment in the Bank vault. I would like to seek for a way you can partner with us to produce an account that can receive such huge amount of money.

There is no risk involve because I and my colleagues have made more than enough back-up with the assistant of the Bank Manager to transfer the fund into your Bank Account if only you are willing to help in receiving this fund, as we believe you won't betray us as soon as this fund hit your Bank Account. You can decide also how you want the sharing to go.

Please endeavor to reply immediately if you are interested. And also, you should provide your Bank Account information to enable us submit it on your behalf to the Bank for fund approval.

If you are interested you are hereby requested to reply this email with the following details.

1. Your receiving Bank name:
2. Your Bank address:
3. Bank swift code
4. Routing number:
4. Bank account number:
5. Bank account name:
And your contact information

Get back to me on receipt of this message its very important.

Mr. Ofori Wisdom
Head, IT (Bank of Ghana)

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