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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: " Jeanny Kaho" <ericmanpo@aim.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:55:55 -0400
Subject: From Jeanny Kaho

Greetings,

Please may I use this medium to introduce myself to you? I am a
Sierra-Leonean nationality, my
name is Manpo Kaho the son of Late Prof. Joseph Ibrahim Kaho, my father has
a Diamond and
Mining Corporation in Sierra-Leone before the war finally broke out.

Since then things have never been the same and presently, I am seeking
refugee with my only
sister Mss Jeanny Kaho here in Ghana. I pray that my decision to contact
you will be given a
genuine approval considering the facts that we have not known each other
before.

Before my father was killed he deposited some huge amount of money in Ghana
with a security
company in save box which was deposited as described to be containing
Precious Items and
Personal Effect. My father intentionally registered it with this code
because of hijackers and not
to raise eyebrows, he only disclose it to me that it is money.

As stated in my father's WILL, the money deposited is about thirty million
dollars (USD$
30.000.000.DOLLARS), including GOLD and DIAMOND, the Gold and the Diamond
worth
about USD10,000,000.00. I have worked out arrangements to get this box
containing the
fund to be taken out of Africa.

I need your assistance to receive the box in your country because my father
stated in his
WILL that I should not tamper with this money here in Africa for security
reasons, immediately
the boxes arrived in your country, you will meet the diplomatic officials
and they will deliver the
boxes to you.

All the documents covering the legality of the money will be sent to you
following with a change
of ownership agreement from my father's name to your name as already been
arranged with my
attorney. As you can understand, presently we are seeking asylum under
Ghana government,
we have been able to work out the strategy to move this box out of Africa
under
legitimate arrangement.

When the boxes get over to your country you will receive it as our trustee
and beneficiary. I and my
sister have worked out 25percent of the amount for you and your family,
5percent kept aside for any
expenses you may incure during the process and the remaining 70%percent is
what I and my sister
will invest and live with.

I want you to assured me of your reliability and trustworthy concerning
this business, I will be very grateful
if only you can help me out of this transaction of the whole thing.
Because I want this cash to be moved
to overseas for investment, on investment we will still rely on you asa
business expertise to recommend a
viable business that will be profitable in future.

Do e-maill me as soon as you receive this letter for any further
information that you need to know. Kindly
send me your private phone and fax number to enable me sends you the legal
document that is covering
the boxes. We are counting on you and looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks and God be with
you.

k_manpo2005@myway.com

Yours faithfully,
Manpo Kaho.

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