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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: concerns trinity <concerns7000gha@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:17:54 -0700 (PDT)
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


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