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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: frankies peters <frankpeters7000gha@zwallet.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:09:52 -0400
Subject: AWAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU

Good day Sir,

My name is BARRISTER Kojo Thompson, 41 years Ghanaian

married with Five

Children. I work as an administration

Secretary/Attorney with Trust SECURITY COMPANY Accra

Ghana. I joined the

services of this company

in 1991.

i believe that by the grace of God that you will be my

partner in this

business. I have worked with this company for ten

years, within this

period of time I watched with meticulous precision on

how African Head of

State and government functionaries have been moving

huge sums of money

(Dollars, Pound Sterling, French Franc, Cash) to their

foreign partners.

They bring in these consignment of money cash and

secretly declare the

content as jewelers, Gold, Precious Stones, Family

Treasure, Documents,

etc. Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, Fodey Sankoy of Sierra

Leone, Felix

Houphet Buigny of Ivory Coast, Konnan Bide of Ivory

Coast, etc.

These people have consignments deposited with West

African Clearing.House

and their foreign partners, relatives and Next of Kin

are Claiming most of

these consignment and a lot more are laying here

unclaimed for as much as

7 years, as no available information to

anybody except the depositors, and most of them were

dead. Since the

inception of the year 2001, Trust SECURITY COMPANY

(PTY) Management

changed the procedure of claiming of consignments.

As soon as you are able to produce all the secret

information as contained

in the secret file of the company as regard the

consignment, it will be

released to you upon demand. From our records, more

than 10 consignments

belonging to these people has been claimed in the past

six months and this

is why I am seeking for your co-operation and

assistance.

Mr. Francis Carden is a Zimbabwean, and he work with

one of the top

ministers of President Robert Mugabe who was in charge

of the campaigning

for re-electing Mr. Mugabe into office in their last

election. He

deposited this consignment in 1999 after absconding

with the money 35.5

million United State Dollars ($35.5m USD).

Unfortunately, Mr. Francis Carden died in Kayan

aircraft that kill all on

board in 1999.

Since his death, no one knows about this transaction

with this company

(Trust Security Company ) except me who acted as

his attorney when he

deposited the consignment. I have finished every

arrangement for you to

come and claim the consignment as the next of Kin to

Mr. Francis Carden.

The procedure is very simple: - Apply officially to

the Director of

operation Trust security company Accra - Ghana,

for the release of

consignment No. Z101.

They will demand for some documents and the security

code of the

consignment, you will call on me to supply you with

every detailed

Information as regard the consignment. As soon as they

have confirmed it

to be correct, the company will invite you for the

collection.

Nobody will ever know that I am involved in the deal

except the Lawyer who

will write an agreement for us, I will suggest upon

conclusion, we share

it on the Ratio of 50%-40%and 10% will go for

humanitarian service ie

motherless babies home, more also you will make an

arrangement on

investments that I will invest my money in your

country.

I assure you that this business is very secured and

risk free.

Please, if you are not interested on this proposal,

kindly let me know.

Thanks

BARRISTER Kojo Thompson

Direct Line 233 244 288210

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