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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: "kwesi kofi" <barkofk1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:31:12 +0000
Subject: 13 / 02 / 2007

Attn:

I am Barrister Kwesi Kofi Esq {Property and Inheritance Lawyer}.I
know you don't know me and I don't know much about you, but I will be very
please if this transaction will make us know each other as we both are going
to
benefit from helping the Dako Family here in Ghana at the moment, I am
a solicitor, for a 22yrs old boy James Dako, he is the son of late
Anthony Dako, a gold dealer and Farmer in Sierra Leone, who was killed by
the
Sierra Leonia Government due to Crisis that erupted in their country, before
his death he has secretly deposited two consignments with a Security
Company here in Accra, Ghana and have let it known to his first Son James
only,
as at the time of deposit.
At the moment my client James Dako and his only surviving family,
which are his mother and sister are here in Ghana , at the Budumburam
Refugee
Camp. Infact their situation is very bad in the Camp, and they are
having $11.5Million in one of the boxes and the other contains GOLD, but the
late father deposited it as family valuable and that was the information he
told James as at the time of deposit, not until about One year after his
death that James found out in a secret diary the true contents and the
documents showing the deposit of the consignments in the Security Company.
James
Late Father Anothy Dako has warned that the family should not go back to
their country? The Dako family wants to invest the money in a foreign
country
under the supervision of a well-trusted person. I want you to stand as
the beneficiary for this. This transaction is 100% risk free. Note that for
your time and help, 20% of the funds and the GOLD is yours and 5% of the
fund is for any expenses incurred both locally and internationally in the
course of this shipment of the consignments and 5% will be for me the family
Lawyer, then the remaining 70% is for the Dako Family to enable them start
up
business in your country with your support. When you reply I will tell
you things you need to do. Thanks for your understanding. I will make sure
everything is done under legal grounds with out any breach of our local
laws and any international laws. If it is necessary for you to come I will
let you know ASAP.Please feel free to write me as soon as possible to my
private email :barrkweko@hotmail.com , hope to hear from you soon.

Regards Barrister Kwesi Kofi Esq

Kulendi Law firm

Direct E-mail:barrkweko@hotmail.com

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