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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: kwabena jerry <kwabenajerry_101@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:33:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Thanks For Your Mail.


Dear Mr VICTIMNAME,

Many thanks for your mail, I am very happy for your willingness in this transaction, i want you to understand that all the arrangements and precautions to make this transaction a success and risk Free have been made.There are two alternatives which i would want you to decied from.
First, i would want you to come to Accra - Ghana Physically to witness all the actions for the claiming of the Fund and your coming here would also provide opportunity for familiarisation .

Secondly you would have to assign or designate an attorney who would act on your behalf and take care of all the administrative and banking formalities to enable this Fund to be credited into the offshore account you would provide before it is shared .

Thus i would urge you to kindly forward to me your Full contact details including your Private Phone and Fax numbers, a copy of your identification documents either a passport or your drivers licence Etc....

I believe this would aid to validate your identity before we proceed further, thanking you for your understanding and my salutation the highly respected.

Sincerely,

Mr. Kwabena Jerry.



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