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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: kofi kwesi <kwkofi@web.de>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:58:46 +0200
Subject: 14/04/2007




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 famil y,
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 Anthony 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 shi p m e n
t 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 :barrkokwe@hotmail.com, hope to hear from you soon.

Regards
Barrister Kwesi Kofi Esq

Kulendi Law firm

Direct E-mail:barrkokwe@hotmail.com




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