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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: "young kwesi" <youngkwesi_009@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: youngkwesi@safe-mail.net
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:22:24 +0000
Subject: With regards:

From:Mr.Young Kwesi
Accra, Ghana.
Good Day

May i clave your indulgence to solicit for your co-operation in a mutual
beneficial business opportunity which involves safeguarding funds running
into millions of United States Dollars.

In a brief introduction my name is Mr Young Kwesi The chairman,
Contract-Awarding Committee of the Economic Community of West African states
(ECOWAS) with its fund headquarters in Accra Ghana.I am a Ghanaian married
with two kids.I got your contact during my search for a
reliable,honest and a trust worth person to assist me in the transfer of USD
25.5, 000,000.00.This fund was a residue of the over invoiced contract bills
awarded by me intentionally for the supply of hard/soft
wares,pharmaceuticals/ medical items,light and heavy duty vehicles, apparels
and other administrative/logistics for the ECOMOG in Sierra-Leone and
Liberia during the peace keeping projects.

This deal was deliberately hatched out and carefully protected with the
co-operation and mandate of the financial director and the secretary of the
organization. i arranged and over invoiced the contract funds supplied by
different companies from different countries during the crisis.It is my
consensus to seek the assistance of a willing foreigner to provide me with
the facilities to transfer this money out of West Africa.

The original contractors have been duly paid by ECOWAS banker(ER BANK
LTD)through the central bank of Ghana and finance ministry. The balance is
suspended in the ECOWAS grand account awaiting claims by any foreign partner
of my choice to receive the fund on my behalf now ECOWAS is intending to pay
all their outstanding balance of their contractors this year as the
organization is winding up its activities since the aim of returning peace
to the countries and the coast has been achieved. Although,i am Cynical to
discuss the business on the internet as i would,nt want my honourable name
to be dragged to mess as mistaken intention,so if this deal interests you i
would like you provide me with your private telephone and fax including your
private email address,with this informations application for claim will be
sent to you to fill and return back to the organization in pursuit of the
claim legally and then be forwarded to the organization for ratification and
subsequent payment,but must first assure me that the whole transaction must
be kepthighly secret and confidential due to my position in my office.You
will be required to.

1) Assist in the transfer of the said sum
2) Advise on lucrative area(s) of investment, and
3) Assist in the management of same investments. Could you be kind enough
to render your services to me in this regard, you shall be rewarded with 30%
of the total sum stated above. I do need to stress that there are
practically no risk involved in this.If you accept this offer, I will
appreciate your timely response.

Truly yours

Mr.Young Kwesi

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