The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     Mr. Michael Awo <mmawo5@yahoo.com> Reply-to:     michaelawo95@yahoo.fr Subject:     URGENT PLEASE. Date:     Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:44:23 -0800 (PST) (07:44 EST)                ATTENTION PLEASE.   IT'S INDEED MY PLEASURE AND HONOR TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER, WHICH I BELIEVE WILL BE A SURPRISE TO YOU AS WE HAVE NEVER MET BEFORE. MY NAME IS MR. MICHEAL AWO THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF BARCLAYS BANK LTD GHANA SEKONDI TAKORADI BRANCH IN THE WESTERN REGION OF GHANA .   I GOT YOUR CONTACT ON A RECENT BANK CONFERENCE WITH OTHER AFRICA . I WRITE YOU THIS PROPOSAL IN GOOD FAITH, I AM 49 YEARS OLD MARRIED WITH FOUR LOVELY KIDS. I AM A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN AND OF PEACE.   I HAVE PACKAGED A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU AND ME AS THE (REGIONAL MANAGER BARCLAYS BANK LTD 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 BUSINESS YEAR.   ON THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR 2007 BUSINESS REPORT, I DISCOVERED THAT MY BRANCH IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE (SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY UNITED STATE DOLLARS) (US$7.550.000.00) WHICH MY HEAD OFFICE ARE NOT AWARE OF AND WILL NEVER BE AWARE OF.   I HAVE DEPOSITED THIS FUND ON (ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT) WITHOUT A BENEFICIARY. BECAUSE AS AN OFFICER OF THE BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE FUND, SO MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME RECEIVE THIS FUNDS IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND GET 35% OF THE TOTAL FUND WHILE 65% SHALL BE FOR ME.   THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO RISKS INVOLVED, IT WILL BE A BANK-TO-BANK TRANSFER, AND ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THE FUND, WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT WITH MY BRANCH SO THAT MY HEAD OFFICE CAN ORDER THE TRANSFER TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE.   THANK YOU IN ADVANCE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.   YOURS TRULY MR. MICHEAL AWO.   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine.

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters. It is 100% pure B.S. Purity Guaranteed!

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary / commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust / diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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NOTE TO SPAMMERS: My scam e-mail filtering system is pretty good but it isn't perfect. Occasionally a regular spam e-mail may get mistakenly published here as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam crap mistakenly published on this website as an advance fee scam, the solution is simple. Don't send me your spam crap.