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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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Fraud email example:

From: koffi mohamed <koffimmohamedd@yahoo.com.ar>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 08:32:06 -0300 (ART)
Subject: Private and Confidential


FROM: MR. KOFFI MOHAMED
DIRECTOR, UNIK GLOBAL SECURITIES
JOHANNESBURG,SOUHT-AFRICA
TEL: 27-7366-02658

TRANSFER OF US$25.5M FOR INVESTMENT.


I am Mr. Koffi Mohamed ,the Director of Delivery/Operations Unik Global Securities,South Africa.Our firm is a security company of high repute with
years of outstanding service to the people of Africa especially top government officials and military leaders here in Africa.

I have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us.To be explicit and straight to the point.Some time early 1997,a reputable client of ours deposited a consignment in our company's vault for safe keeping.And since then our client has failed to come forward to claim his consignment, which has accumulated a considerable amount of money in demurrage.

Consequently,in our bide to contact this client to redeem the demurrage
which his consignment had accumulated i discovered that our client was
the former president of the Federal Republic of Zaire,who died of illness
after he was dethroned in the same year the consignment was entrusted into our care.Since the death of our client President Mobutou Seseseko, none of his benefactors has come forward to claim the consignment with us, which means that non of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of this consignment.

Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly open the box that our
client deposited in our vault.And to my surprise I discovered that the box
that were registered as treasure by our client actually contained a considerable amount of money in United States Dollars amounting to about US$25.5million US Dollar. Since this development I have been nursing plans secretly.

I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in transferring
this money out of South Africa to your country for immediate investment with your assistance.I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 40% of the total amount. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me of this transaction,

I will immediately arrange and transfer all the rights of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country for onwards investment. This transaction is 100%risk free.


Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter. I await your most
prompt response through my telephone number or my mailbox.( 0027-660-2658.)


Yours faithfully


KOFFI MOHAMED


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