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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Francis Koffi" <france2005@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: france_koffi2005@joewein.net
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 22:57:48 +0000
Subject: URGENT


I AM FRANCIS KOFFI FROM KUMASI GHANA AND I AM A COUSINE TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA, MR JERRY RAWLINGS.

THERE ARE SOME MONEY THAT WORTH ABOUT 17 MILLION POUNDS AND 126KG OF ALLUVIA GOLD DUST HE DEPOSITED TO THE CLEARING AND FORWARDING AGENT DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICES IN KUMASI GHANA FOR A SAFE KEEPING AND HE DEPOSITED THE FUND IN MY NAME DURING HIS TENNOR IN THE OFFICE FIVE YEARS AGO, AND THIS PRESENT GOVERNMENT HEADED BY PRESIDENT J.A KUFOUR THEY ARE TRYING TO KNOW THE WHERE ABOUT OF THE MONEY.

PLEASE SIR, ALL I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME IS FOR YOU TO STAND AND RECEIVED THIS FUND IN YOUR COUNTRY AS MY FOERIGN PARTNER. I HAVE DISGARD MYSELF FROM SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR ME.

AND I DON’T WANT THEM TO SEE ME, NOW I AM BACK TO MY VILLAGE IN KUMASI.

PLEASE IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVED MY MAIL , I WILL ADVICED YOU TO MAIL ME IMMEDIATELY, SO THAT I CAN TELL YOU MORE VITAL INFORMATIONS, ON HOW THE MONEY CAN GET TO YOUR DOOR STEP SO I CAN COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR INVESTMENT.

THANKS
BEST REGARD
FRANCIS KOFFI.


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