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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: "Mr.Anthony Kwaku" <mr.anthonykwaku6@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:07:53 +0700
Subject: ATTN:SIR/MADAM


FROM MR ANTHONY KWAKU

ATTENTION FRIEND,

In order to transfer out ( Twelve million, five hundred thousand Dollars)
from our Bank. I have the courage to look for a reliable and Honest Person
who will be capable for this Important Business Transaction,believing that
you will never let me down either now or in Future.

The owner of this account is Mr. David Hagen foreigner and the Manager Of
petrol chemical service,a chemical engineer by Proffession and he died since
1990.the account has no other beneficiary And my Investigation proved to me
as well that his company does not know anything About this account.

I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but i Don't
know any foreigner,i know that this message will come to you as a surprise
as we don't know ourselves before,but be sure that it is real And A Genuine
business. I believe in God that you will never let me down in this
transaction,at the conclusion of this business,you will be giving 40% of the
total amount,60% will be for me.

I look forward to your earliest reply.
Best Regards,
MR ANTHONY KWAKU

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