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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "DAN KOFI" <dankofi50@msn.com>
Reply-To: drkkdan50@jmail.co.za
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:38:27 +0000
Subject: xdr


My name is Dr. Dan kofi from the Federal Republic of Ghana, 41 years old and
married with three children. I am the Director of Silver Global Security &
Finance Services Limited, Ghana. I got your information from Internet and
after due consideration, I decided to contact you believing that you will
not disappoint me over this transaction. I have been working with this
company for over sixteen years. Within this period, I have watched with
meticulous precision how African Heads of State and Government functionaries
have been
using Silver Global Security & Finance Ltd to be moving magnitudes of funds
(USD, Pounds Sterling, And French Francs) (cash) to their foreign partners.
They bring in these consignments of cash and secretly declared the contents
as jewelries, gold, diamonds, precious stones, and family treasures, and
documents etc. Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead), Gen. Sanni Abacha of
Nigeria (dead), Fode Sankoy of Sierra Leone, Savimbi late President of
Angola, Felix Houphet Boigny of Cote d"Ivoire (dead) Charles Taylor, Former
President of Liberia, please visit
website:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2963086.stm,
Konan Bedie of Cote d"Ivoire (Abidjan) etc. All these people have
consignments deposited in our office.
Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most of these
consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for more than two
years.

Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases, the Certificate of
Deposit is never available to anybody except the depositors or me since most
of them are dead. I have through the instrumentality of Global Security &
Finance re-deposited some unclaimed overstayed consignment and get ready to
move them through diplomatic means to Europe where it can be claimed easily
by you. Since the inception of the year 2003 our company's management has
changed the procedure of claiming of consignments, as soon as you are able
to produce the secret information as contained in the secret file of any
consignment, it
will be released to you upon demand. I have finalized every arrangement to
move consignment Ref-no: SGSF/0016/2004/d4 Batch-no: 300047-0010-kht
containing $20.5 Million. Upon your response we will arrange on how the
diplomat will convey the consignment directly to you, everything concern
this deal is risk free; I have taken necessary preventive measures. (The
mode
sharing will be 60%-40%) all the documents that covers the total funds will
be handed over to you sealed by the diplomat. pls as you reply include this
fisrt mail as to ascertain my self with you. thanks for your undertanding.

Best regards
Dr k. Dan

Director SGSF Ltd, .
other mail--- drkofidan@o2.pl


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