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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.Timothykwame" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kwametimothy@blumail.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:25:07 +0800
Subject: Good news to you

From the desk
Dr.Timothy Kwame
Accra.

Position: Director in charge
United nation Ambassador

Dear Beloved Friend.

First and foremost, I do seek your interest about a business relationship
that will be off help to my family and your family if honesty reflects
between both of us.

I am Mr.Dr.Timothy Kwame .I am now the appointed Director of West Africa
United Nation Refugee Movement on lost family treasure of Asylum children in
all refugee camp in West Africa, I am the person that deal with united
nation about humanitarian help, before refugee kids, father and Mother are
allow to enter into any West Africa country for help, I will be notify first
and what kind of treasure they are bringing in with them, if is ok by me I
will grant entrance permit to the United National Humanitarian Agent to
bring them inn but if is not by I will refuse the offer..

I want to relate with you, about some huge amount of money now in your
country , the said amount belong to a very rich asylum boy,
by age 18years,who his boxes was miss load into another plane that was not going
the same direction the boy is going, so I was contacted to help in getting the boxes
for the poor as my position, but the poor secretly review the content of his
boxes to be, which is $10.7millionusd cash money, and at the moment the said
boxes is now in the strong room of our United National office in your
country, awaiting my decision before they will redirect the boxes back to
Ghana or back to the place when the boxes are coming from.

Sharing will be deliberated on good faith between me and you. For your
information the united Nation those not know the value of the boxes, and our
United National Humanitarian Agents know nothing about the content of the
boxes,all he knows is loss property belonging to Refugee boy coming from
Sudan, so is highly confidential between you, me and the small boy.

I will stop here, until I hear from you before I provide you the procedure
on how you can help in getting these boxes over there for me.

Sincerely, yours
Dr.Timothy Kwame

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