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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.Koju Kwuemi." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kojokwuemi@yahoo.es>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:26:06 -0000
Subject: Reply as you read.


Dear Friend.

Am personal driver of my late Boss Mr.kemp Henry a big farmer who deposited 256 kg of Gold with a private Security company here in Ghana Africa,late Mr.kemp died at Japan earthquakes on 11/3/2011 as he went for business negotiation on the sales of the Gold,although he got the gold from local miners that diverted the gold then so he bought it cheap from them,i got a letter reminder from the security company addressed to my late boss whom i have been working for since 7 years ago,the letter was a reminder from the security company asking him if they should return the Gold back to there store room since they kept it ready at delivering store for months without him coming for the clearance for months,so i quickly thought it wise to contact you to act as next of kin of my late Boss since i know that he has no Next of kin because he told me that he divorced his wife over 13 years ago of having sex with their only adopted son. as you are a foreigner it will be easy to claim the Gold and each kg of that Gold at in
Please this is not an internet doing business ,you will need to come down here so that i will take you to the security company for the claims,i also made progress and discovered he has some funds with a bank in London which i will disclose to you as we open contacts.
Confirm if you accept the sharing as i said and send me your direct phone numbers for we to discuss more and proceed with private agreement to sign and start the process immediately.

Thanks.
Mr.Koju Kwuemi.
Driver.

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