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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: Philip Konadu <philkd191@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrphilip192@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:52:08 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?R2V0IHRoaXMgbm93IGJlZm9yZSBpdOKAmXMgLS0t?=

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Dear confidant,

My name is Mr. Philip Konadu. I have a lucrative offer of mutual interest
to share with you, please take your time to read through my message
carefully and respond as soon as possible.

I have a transaction of $5,800,000.00 only. I realized this fund from bank
excess profit after trading with the capital sum and I deposited the funds
in escrow call account. Finally, I did not declare these funds to the bank
before my medical retirement. As a former staff of Absa bank Ghana, I
cannot be directly connected to this money, this is why I am requesting
your assistance to present you as the depositor and owner of these funds so
that you will request for the account to be closed and the money wired to
you in your Country, and as soon as it gets there, we share it 55% for me
and 45% for you for your help and participation.

I assure you that you have absolutely nothing to lose in this, it is simply
going to be a bank-to-bank wire transfer, and can be completed within 7
days, and will take place at the bank head office the International
Remittance Department where all the international transfers are being
carried out. As soon as the money is transferred, I will come to your
country for the sharing as we have both mutually agreed. I plan to relocate
completely to your Country right after this. All I need from you is your
total trust and sincerity to work with me and the money will be transferred
to you as soon as you request for the transfer from the bank, don't worry I
will be guiding you all the way through the process.

I am open to doing this with you if you are serious, trustworthy, and can
keep things in confidence.

I await your swift response.

Sincerely,
Mr. Philip Konadu.

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