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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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Fraud email example:

From: Franklyn Martins <franklynmartinsgh@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:27:32 +0100
Subject: My Greetings to you

Dear new Friend
How is life and business going hope fine? It is a great honour and
pleasure to introduce myself and this transaction to you in good
faith. I am a Custom officer, Heading a Task force on Airport
De-congestion Kotoka International Airport Accra-Ghana).

Subsequent to a joint meeting held by the Ghana Custom and the
Airport Authorities, it was agreed that a Task force committee should
be established in view to ensure the fast release of all Abandoned and
unclaimed consignments boxes laying at our International Airport
custom Warehouses.

As you may know; Ghana is a hospitality Nation in West Africa Region
and also the gateway to Africa but It has been noticed that most of
the greedy African present and past Head of States together with some
Politicians here on political asylums uses our international Airports
to Launder money to overseas and most of the funds which they
transferred out was of oil money that was supposed to have been used
to develop the African continent.

>From our record there is about 174 Consignments here in the custom
Warehouses intercepted many years back and no one coming forward to
put a claim for about ten years now. On this basis,I and the Airport
warehouse supervisor was able to smuggle out from the Warehouse (2)
Trunk Boxes,and took the Boxes to where it was run electronic Scanning
only to find out that the metal box content to be Money amounting to
USD$37,500,000.00 Millions United States Dollars according to our
findings after we managed to forced the key opened.

I write to discuss this with you in confident believing you will not
betray us at last we do not want to deal with someone not reliable and
on this issue that was my main reason for chosen you after visiting
your profile and i developed so much interest to use part of the Fund
go into partnership investment with you by establishing our own
different business entity within any Country you may suggest for us to
invest into.

Upon your acceptance and willingness to join hands with us complete
the shipping arrangement i shall come over immediately to wait for
the arrival of the consignment with you upon shipment to your Country
while we share the Money as follows 60% for us while 40% goes to you.

I wait to read your response on this alternative email
(ghanacustom@mail2custom.com) to enable me give you full details on
how the money can be moved to you and right procedure we should follow
to make success.

I wait your quick reply.

Spt.Franklyn Martins.
(Task force on Airport De-congestion,
Kotoka International Airport)
Emal ghanacustom@mail2custom.com

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