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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: "Miss Daniella Kome" <daniellakome@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: missdaniellekome83@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:55:49 +0100
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT HELP( PLEASE IS VERY CONFIDENTIAL)

From: Danielle Kome
Accra Ghana Email: daniellakome@yahoo.com
Dearest One,

My name is Danielle Come from Dafur in southern
Sudan. I am 23 years old. I am the only child of Late
Mr. & Mrs. Solomon Kome. My father was a very wealthy
cocoa & gold and diamond merchant here in Accra Ghana the economic capital
of Republic of Ghana where we fled due to the useless war
and massive destruction in my country.

My late was poisoned to death by his business associates
on one of their outings on a business trip. People here
hate foreigners and never liked my father as he was
progressing well. My mother and only brother died in
Sudan when government army attacked our home.

Before the death of my father on 29th November. 2005
in a private hospital here in Ghana he secretly
called me by his bed side and told me that he has the
sum of eight million four hundred and fifty thousand
United State Dollars USD ($8.450,000) deposited in a
suspense account in one of the big banks here in
Ghana. He told me that he used my name (Danielle
Kome) as the next of Kin in depositing the money.

He then strongly advised me not to seek for assistance
in the investment of the money from his lawyer nor any
of his friends here but to seek for a foreign partner/beneficiary
from a country of my choice (outside our country, and Ghana) That will assist me in the wise investment
of the money. I have since left the money in the bank
with the view of my making use of it for investment
purposes after my education carrier here.
But as you may be aware, Ghana is presently
preparing for political election, there is great Rumor here that the NDC the opposition party is training Rebels to course war if there loose the election. For this ugly development in this country, I have now
decided to take quick actions and have this money
transferred out of this country before it is too late
for me as I do not want happen in my country to Happen to me here. I now want to transfer it out and use it
for investment purpose like real estate management or
hotel management. Because of this I am honorably
seeking your assistance in the following ways:

(1) To serve as a guardian to me and then assist me
transfer the money into your bank account. (2) To make
arrangement for me to come over to your country to
further my education and then settle there
permanently.

If you accept to stand as my guardian or foster parent
, and help me to get the fund from the bank and take me
from here, I will compensate you well with a percentage
of the money please.

As soon as I receive your concrete assurance to assist
me with my proposal, I will send you the bank contact
so that you can contact them and negotiate for the
fund to transfer to you.
No matter what your decision may turn out to be,
please I beg you to keep this highly secret for my
safety, as I believe that those that killed my Daddy
are still after me. Please reply me through this my
more private and confidential email box
daniellakome@yahoo.com
Thanks and God bless you.
Best regards,
Danielle Kome



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