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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: francis kwame <francis_kwame02@mail.ru>
Reply-To: francis_kwame22@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:45:26 -0800
Subject: please get back to me


Good morning , I am Francis kwame , the son of Dr Emile Williams kwame from Bouake Village, Ivory Coast in West Africa.
I got your esteemed contact in my search for an honest and trustwhorthy person who could handle this magnitude of an impending business transaction.
During the crises in my country my father Dr. Emile Williams kwame was shot to death in his house on the 17th of September 2002. Before his death he was an interior minister in Ivory Coast. I , my sister and our mother as the only surviving ones have taken refuge in the nearby country of the Republic of Ghana .with documents covering the deposit of the sum of (US$7,000.000.00) by my father in a holding company in ghana.
The money which was carefully packaged and sealed in a consignment of one trunk box and deposited in a security and finance company in Ghana . For security coverage, the content of the consignment was declared as a family treasure as at the time of the deposit.
At the moment, I and my mother are soliciting for your assistance to act as my late father's business associate abroad which is one of the security company's cratere to claim this deposit . You're also expected to provide us with information on investment opportunities in your country because the said inheritance when recovered will be jointly used in any profitable investment in your country.
We promise to give you a compensation of 25% of the above total fund, 5% is mapped out to cover any unforeseen expenditure by both parties and the remaining 70 % for me will be used for the proposed business.
If you are willing and interested to cooperate with me, send me your contact telephone and fax number, your residential address to contact you for more details with this email address here francis_kwame16@yahoo.com or with this telephone number 00233 208263579 .
Please try to keep this information confidential.
Yours faithfully,
Francis kwame

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