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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: "koku kwesi" <kokukk51@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kkkoku@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:19:07 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend,

Barrister Koku Kwesi
72 Alhaji Sule Crescent,
Mamprobi,Accra-Ghana
Telephone:00233 244 819070

Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Koku Kwesi, I am personal Attorney to late Mr.Aamil Shahid,a
national of your country, who used to work with Ashanti Gold Development
Company in Ghana, On the 21st of April 2003, my client, his wife And their
three children were involved in a car accident along Kumasi express road,
all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives, since then I
have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives
this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet and our chamber of commerce, to locate any member of his
family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated
by the security company where my client lodge these huge deposits valued
$13.2m as "FAMILY TREASURE"for safety.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
so that the amount of US$13.2million can be paid to you and then you and me
can share the Money,70% to me and 30% to you. I have all necessary legal
documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make, all I require
is your honest co-operation to enable us see
this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please reach me on this my
private phone no: 00233 244 819070 to enable us discuss further.And your
private telephone number is also needed for easier communication.
Faithfully Yours,
Barrister Koku Kwesi, esq.

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