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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: BARRISTER JOHNSON KWAKU <barrjohnson4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <barr_johnsonkwaku@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:31:44 +0000
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS HIGHLY NEEDED






Dear Friend,


I, am Barrister JOHNSON KWAKU Esq {Property and Inheritance Lawyer}. I understand you don’t know me and I don’t know much about you, but I will be very pleased if this transaction will make us know each other as we both are going to benefit from helping AMINA here in Ghana.

I, am a solicitor, for a 18yrs old girl AMINA YAKUBU, she is the daughter of late ALHAJI IBRAHIM YAKUBU, a gold dealer and oil merchant in republic of SUDAN, who was killed by the Sudanese rebels due to Crisis that erupted in their country.Before his death he has secretly deposited two metallic boxes (CONSIGNMENTS) with a security company here in Accra, Ghana and have let it known to his only daughter AMINA, as at the time of deposit.

At the moment my client AMINA YAKUBU is here in Ghana , at the Budumburam Refugee Camp.
Infact her situation is very bad in the Camp, and she is having $6.5Million in one of the boxes and the other contains GOLDS, but the late father deposited it as family valuable and that was the information he told AMINA as at the time of deposit, not until about One year after his death, that AMINA found out in a secret diary the true contents and the documents showing the deposit of the consignments in the Security Company.

AMINA Late Father ALHAJI IBRAHIM YAKUBU warned that AMINA should not go back to their country. AMINA wants to continue her education in a foreign country under the supervision of a well-trusted person. I want you to stand as the foreign beneficiary for this. This transaction is 100% risk free. Note that for your time and help, 20% of the funds and the GOLDS is yours, and 5% of the fund is for any expenses incurred both locally and internationally in the course of the shipment of these consignments and 5% will be for me the family Lawyer, then the remaining 70% is for AMINA YAKUBU to enable her start life in your country with your support.

When you reply I will tell you things you need to do. Thanks for your understanding. I will make sure everything is done under legal grounds with out any breach of our local laws and any international laws. If it is necessary for you to come I will let you know ASAP.
Please feel free to write me as soon as possible to my private email –
barr_johnsonkwaku@excite.com, hope to hear from you soon.
BEST Regards
Barrister JOHNSON KWAKU
KWABENA CHAMBERS
Direct E-mail: barr_johnsonkwaku@excite.com


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