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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: Prince Osei <princeosei11@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:34:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FROM PRINCE OSEI.


DEAR SIR,


I KNOW THIS IS THE ONLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY I HAD THIS TIME AROUND TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU, I AM SECOND SON OF ASHANTI OHEN, OHENE OSEI TUTU TUFUO, HERE IN KUMASI ASHANTI REGION GHANA WEST AFRICA.
MY NAME IS PRINCE FRANK KOFFI OSEI, I AM 34 YEAR OLD OF AGE, I MARRIED WITH THREE KIDS, I AM A FULL GHANAIAN, I WANT TO ASK YOU IF YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT GOLD DUST AND BARS, MY FATHER CALLED AFTER NEW DAY 2006 AND ASKED ME TO TAKE INCHARGE OF HIS KINGDOM BEEN AS OLD AS HE IS, HE HAD A KIDNEY PROBLEM AND HE WAS RUSHED TO TRONTO HOSPITAL IN CANADA.

SINCE THEN I DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS A LOTS OF GOLD DUST AND GOLD BARS, WHICH MY DAD MOVED TO SECURITY COMPANY IN ACCRA CAPITAL CITY OF GHANA WEST AFRICA, WHICH WHEN I WENT THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS I GOT TO KNOW IT IS VERY BIG QUANTITIES OF GOLD.
NOW ALL I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TO TELL ME IF YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT GOLD THEN I WILL KNOW WHERE YOU ARE FROM THEN I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GOLD, I MEAN THE NAME OF THE SECURITY COMPANY AND THE CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT AS WELL AS THE QUANTITIES, MY DEAR AS FOR THE QUANTITIES EVEN A COUNTRY CANNOT BUY ALL.

MY DEAR I WILL BE COUNTING ON YOUR RESPONSE TOWARD THIS PROPOSAL,
MEANWHILE I CANNOT TRAVEL OUT, I NEED SOMEONE THAT I WILL GO INTO PARTNERSHIP SO THAT BEEN A FOREIGNER WE CAN USE HIS NAME AS A BENEFICIARY OF THE GOLD TO MOVE IT OUT FROM AFRICA HERE, SO MY DEAR TRY TO BE HONEST AND TRUST WORTHY SO ALL OF US WILL BENEFIT AS WELL AS KNOWING EACH OTHER, THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNTIY IT MAY ENABLE YOU TO VISIT MY COUNTRY AND KNOWWHO IS COMMUNICATING WITH YOU BETTER OKAY.
THANKS AND BE BLESS,
BEST REGARDS,
PRINCE FRANK KOFFI OSEI.




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