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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: "emmanuel kwasi" <emma0012345@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kwemm00715@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:54:48 +0000
Subject: FROM/ EMMANUEL KWASI

FROM/ EMMANUEL KWASI
ASSYLUM CAMP.
IVORY-COAST ABIDJAN.
WEST AFRICA.
HELLO DEAR, YOU CAN CALL TELL: +2250-7207-735 OR REPLY TO
(kwemm00715@yahoo.co.uk)FOR MOER INFORM.

ATTN;
MY FUTURE IN YOUR HANDS
Hi Dear,

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since I can not see
you face to face .Being the only child of my father (LATE Chief Vincent Kais
Kunpango) from Zulu in the Republic of South Africa, Aim 19 years old.

My father was a limited liability cocoa and gold merchant in (SA) before his
death, precisely a week after his return from Ivory Coast where he went to
negotiate for a cocoa business. He died with my mother in a ghastly motor
accident, my mother died instantly but my father died four days later in a
hospital, But before he died, as if he knew,

He disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of (sum of $30,000,000 million
USD (Thirty million United states dollars) in a BANK hear in Ivory Coast
that the money was meant for the cocoa business he wanted to establish in
Abidjan. Although according to my father he deposited the money in the BANK
but declared it was for his partner.

He gave me (1) deposit certificates (2) Receipts payments (3) Agreement
papers. so that I can retrieve this funds .I have arrived in Abidjan (Ivory
coast) located the BANK ,and confirmed the items.

Now with most honest and confidentiality Aim soliciting your assistance to
tranfer this funds to an account abroad so that we would invest it in any
Lucrative business which you would introduce me into over there. As you can
see this money is my hope in life so I want to invest it wisely.

Waiting anxiously to hear from you so that we will discuss the modalities of
this transaction. For more entails looking forward to hear you as soon as
possible so that I can forward To you all the NECESSORY INFORMATIONS.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.

YOURS FAITHFULY.

EMMANUEL KWASI

NB: my late father used his foreign business partner as the beneficiary /
next of kin on the day he mad the deposit and also told us that we need a
foreign assistance of a foreigner with a legitimate bank Account abroad who
will stand as co-beneficiary and partner abroad. HELLO DEAR, YOU CAN CALL
TELL: +2250-7207-735 FOR MOER INFORM,

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