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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: kennth arah <arahkennth@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:59:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: proposal


GOOD DAY
How are you? l hope you are fine. How about work? l
hope work is also fine.
l am KENNTH ARAH the eldest son of His Royal
Majesty (HRM) LATE KING ROBERT ARAH.the king of
AQUA kingdom ACCRA GHANA , My father died recently due
to heart problems.
Bet before the death of my father, he deposited the
sum of US$14.5 MILLION and US$1.9 wat of gold a safe keep company in Ghana
and named me the next of-kin being the eldest son.
Right now lam contacting you because l need a
trustworthy and reliable individual who can help me
provide an account in Europe or Asia where this fund
can be transfer into as a matter of urgent importance.
lf you can help me by providing an account where this
fund can be lodged or if you will think it is better to come down to AFRICA will compensate you with 30% of the
total sum of (US$14.5MILLION),65% will go to me and my
family while 5% will be set aside for any expenses
(both local and international) which might be incurred
during he cause of this transaction but you have to
keep it STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because do not want
anybody in Ghana or your country to know that my late
father deposited such money.
Because l can not handle this transaction alone that
is why l am contacting you for assistance. And
immediately the fund is transferred into the account you
will provide l will come over to Europe or Asia to
invest, and you will be the manager of the fund
Please reply me urgently and include your telephone and
fax numbers so that l can contact you .
Best regard .
PRINCE KENNTH ARAH

















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