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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.KOFIKOJO WILLIAMS" <kofikojo3200@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kofikojowilliams@post.com
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:27:21 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT




ATTN: Mr. PRESIDENT/CEO
FROM: MR. KOFIKOJO WILLIAMS.
DIRECTOR, DELIVERY/OPERATIONS
PINACLE SECURITIES, SOUTH AFRICA.
Email:kofikojowilliams@post.com
TEL: +27-84-969-7900.



RE: TRANSFER OF US$25.5M FOR INVESTMENT.

I am Mr. KOFIKOJO WILLIAMS, the Director of Delivery/Operations Pinacle
Securities, South Africa. Our firm is a security company of high repute
with years of outstanding service to the people of Africa especially top
government officials and military leaders here in Africa.

I have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business
proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us. I have not discussed
this transaction with anybody because it is of top secret. To be explicit
and straight to the point. Some time early 1997, a reputable client of ours
deposited a consignment in our company's vault for safe keeping. And since
then our client has failed to come forward to claim his consignment, which
has accumulated a considerable amount of money in demurrage.

Consequently, in our bide to contact this client to redeem the demurrage
which his consignment had accumulated we discovered that our client was the
former president of the Federal Republic of Zaire, who died of illness
after he was dethroned in the same year the consignment was entrusted into
our care. Since the death of our client President Mobutou Seseseko, none
of his benefactors has come forward to claim the consignment with us, which
means that non of
his relatives or aids had any knowledge of this consignment.

Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly open the two boxes that our
client deposited in our vault. And to my surprise I discovered that the two
boxes that were registered as treasure by our client actually contained a
considerable amount of money in United States Dollars amounting to about
US$25.5million US Dollar. Since this development I have been nursing plans
secretly.

I also found out from enquiries and the foreign media that our late client
siphoned a lot of money from his country while he was in office as head of
state. It is my conviction that the consignment in our vault was part of
the money that our client siphoned and now that he is dead there is no
trace to this money in our care. I am now soliciting your noble assistance
to assist me in transferring this money out of South Africa to your country
for immediate investment with
your assistance.

I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 40% of the
total amount. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to
assist me of this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all
the rights of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your
easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country for
onwards investment. This transaction is 100% risk free. Please maintain
absolute
confidentiality on this matter.

I await your most prompt response through my telephone numbers or the
aboved e-mail address.

Yours faithfully.

MR. KOFIKOJO WILLIAMS.

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