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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: koffi_koffi@aol.de
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:19:20 -0400
Subject: Kind response




Confidential: reply me via my private email: guf.weda@outlook.com

Dear ,

I am Mr. Gufline Weda, Auditting accountant with my bank here,contacting you in respect to our deceased customer who share the same last name with you an Engineer with shell Development Company here in location.

On the 21st of April 2013, Our customer his wife and their only daughter were involved in a ghastly air accident

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of our late customer relatives or extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, In my disparate search for urgent assistance, I decided to track his last name over the foreign mission guestbook, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at USD$5.8 million left behind by the late customer ,engineer before it get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the (BANK) here, where this huge amount were deposited. And now the bank has issued a notice of providing the next of kin or have his account confiscated within the next seventy one official working days.

I will tell you that this is avenue of top official in tresory section to share this fund withing themselve all in the name of consification.Which i wouldnt want it happen.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for unto 3years now following the law guiding international inheritance, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. You may or may not be close relative but since you share the same last name and of the same national it is 100% hitch free.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer. I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Urgent response to this letter by forwarding your information below will be proudly appreciated. Do respond back as soon as possible via my email: guf.weda@outlook.com


1. Your full name
2. contact address
3. Direct telephone number
4. Occupation
5. Marital status
6. Age

Best Regards.
Mr. Gufline Weda





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