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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: "kennedy asiedu" <asiedu_014@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: asiedu_00@latinmail.com
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:09:06 +0000
Subject: Good Day Friend

FROM: KENNEDY A. ASIEDU
MANAGER, CREDIT AND
FOREIGN BILLS DEPARTMENT,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.
18 TESHIE NUNGUA ESTATE
ACCRA GHANA.
OUR REF: ADB/20011XB83308/009
 
Dear Friend,
 
My name is Kennedy A. Asiedu, the manager, credit and foreign bills department of African Development Bank plc. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account number 14-255-2004/adb/t who with A Korean passenger airliner crashes on the island of Guam, killing all but 30 of its 254 passengers on impact. on August 6, 1997. Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no One has come to claim his funds of [Seven Million five hundred thousand United States dollars] which has been with my branch for a very long time. Please see the site for more details.
 
(
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/transportation/july-dec97/koreanair_8-6.html)
 
On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay long. In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal after realizing that your name and Country is similar to the deceased.
 
I will give you 30% of the total sum,. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by e-mail the application and the next step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within five banking days, after you apply to the bank as relation to the deceased.
 
All this information bellow is needed from you to enable me file an application on your name as the next of kin to the deceased then you will apply for the two inheritance documents from the Federal high Court Justice! Of Ghana here in my country, as soon as we have all the legal documents that is needed from my Bank, then we proceed to my Bank for fund transfer.
 
The bellow information is needed from you?
 
Your full names....................
 
Home Address.......................
 
Direct tell number...................
 
Fax number...........................
 
Your age...............................
 
Your occupation....................
 
Best Regards,
 
Kennedy A. Asiedu


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