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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: "HFC BANK GH. LTD" <ghanaianforeignpaymentscheme6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dicksonmarcos22@aol.com
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:43:52 -1200
Subject: Good News

Dear Friend,


I Am Dickson C. Marcos the Manager, Bills And Exchange at the Foreign
Remittance department at HFC Bank GH LTD. Actually, I have a very urgent &
confidential Business Proposition for you & for our overall mutual
interest. On the 6th of March 2001, our Customer, an American National,
late Edward Porter Felt,A Computer Engineer and Technology Director also an
Oil Merchant / Contractor with the Republic of Ghana,deposited a valued
amount of US$13.5Million in my branch here in Ghana. This is the website
where you can confirm about the death of Late Edward Porter Felt :
http://iaff2498.org/news/united-airlines-flight-93.html , just to be sure
of it all.

Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarded relatives,
Adrienne Felt(Wife), but got no reply. After a month we sent a reminder, &
finally we discovered from his contract employers GGMR, that late Edward
Porter Felt, until his death 20years back in a ghastly terrorist attack to
United Airlines Flight 93, from Matawan, New Jersey, to San Francisco,
crashed in rural southwest Pennsylvania with 45 people on board. All
occupants of the Aeroplane,unfortunately lost their lives. On further
Investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to
trace his Next of kin were Fruitless. Therefore,I made further
investigation and discovered that the late Edward Porter Felt, did not
declare any Next of kin in all his official documents. This sum
US$13.5Million i have moved it out from here to a security Vault outside
this country in a safer security company for security purposes.

With the state of the Fund, no family member has come for the
claim,According to Ghana Laws, at the expiration of 22years, the money will
revert to the Ownership of the Ghana Government if nobody applies to claim
the funds but I acted fast by moving the fund out of the country.


Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand
in as a Next of kin of Late Edward Porter Felt, this is simple.All I
require is your honesty and co-operation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I will want
you to send to me on your return email the following information for the
change of Ownership in your favor as the next of Kin to Late Edward Porter
Felt.

1. Your full names as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary of the Fund.
2. Your contact address.
3. Any Copy of your ID
3. Your private Mobile phone numbers for easy communications

Let's consider that our ratio will be as stated Thus;
1. I as the Originator of the Fund will take 50% of the total Fund.
2. You as the Next of Kin /Receiver of the Fund will take 50% of the Fund.
Most importantly, CONFIDENTIALITY is highly required, so if you are
Interested/able
also ready to conclude this as soon as possible then Respond
Immediately as advised.


Thanks for your Anticipated cooperation and understanding. I wait for your
kind response.
Reply to this Email: dicksonmarcos22@aol.com

Thanks And Remain blessed.
Mr. Dickson C. Marcos.
Manager,Bills And Exchange/ Foreign Remittance department
HFC Bank GH.

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