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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: "Mr Kwesi Dickson" <wesi_dickson1000@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 05:15:05 +0000
Subject: strictly confidential


GOOD DAY
My name is Mr Kwesi Dickson, the Manager of AKOKO GOLDFIELDS LIMITED in
Accra Ghana.West Africa.
I got your information from a Proffesional database while searching
forkwesi_dickson1000@yahoo.ca a reliable,honest and trustworthy broker / buyer of Gold.
We have a medium scale Mining Project here in Ghana, Right now we
have in stock large quantity of gold dust and bars of 23+ carats,and the prize is $8,500.USD per kilo.
We need a long term business partner who will be ready to buy our goods regularly .
Please if this business interest you kindly call me for more
information, My number is: +233 244-639789 Never hesitate to forward to me your phone and fax numbers for easy communications.so that I can send you our corporate offer.
Thanks and God Bless.
Best regards.
Mr Kwesi Dickson
FOR: AKOKO GOLDFIELDS LTD.


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