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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: mr canon ouattara <mr.canon_ouattara@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: pastorzondoakgon@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:50:19 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: I do appreciated all your efforts by helping me.




Dear Friend,

It is my pleasure to reach you after our unsuccessful attempt on our business transaction. I want to use this medium to thank you very much for your earlier interest to assist me in receiving and securing the fund to your account. I am obliged to inform you that I have succeeded in transferring the funds to a foreign account with the help of a new partner from Paraguay , Mr. Fernando Alvaro Gomez. Presently I have relocated to Italy for property investment and hotel management with my own share of the fund

Everything was perfectly done because we had a solid contract of guarantee with my new partner unlike when I contacted you about the proposal. I had the contract guaranteed to avoid the setback I encountered with you. Nevertheless, I cannot forget you, especially your honest efforts though it did not yield positive result but I still appreciate it. I have endorsed a cashier’s cheque of $ 950.000 US dollars as a gift for your initial effort for indicating your interest in assisting me to secure the fund in your account. You can contact my secretary, PASTOR ZONDO AKGON in my country through his email address at pastorzondoakgon@yahoo.com

I have instructed him to direct you on how you will receive the money in cashier cheque which I set out for your compensation; I want you to accept it in good faith. I really appreciate all you did and I pray that we will meet some day, but right now, I am very busy with the property investment and hotel establishment.

Please make sure you contact him on his email address and ask him to mail the cheque to you through any currier service of your choice.

I remain your bosom friend.

FROM B.O.A BANK OF AFRICA TO APEX INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AFRICA.

MR.CANON OUATTARA

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