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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: michael kofi <michael-kofi109@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:14:35 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL



FROM THE DESK OF MR MICHAEL KOFITEMA, ACCRA-GHANA. DEAR, REF: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL: My Names are Mr MICHAEL KOFI , i am the regional manager of the International Commercial Bank Tema Accra Ghana . I got your information during my search through the business directory . I am 44 years of age and married with 3 lovely kids .It may interest you to hear that i am a man of PEACE and don't want problem , I only hope we can assist each other . If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as i will not contact you again I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us ,as the regional manager of the International Commercial Bank it is my duty to ]send in all financial report to the head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each fiscal year .On the course of the year 2006 end of the year report , I discovered that my branch in which i am the manager made FOUR MILLION , FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (4, 500.000.00) which the head office are not aware of and will never be aware of as this money was deposited by one Mr Andrew whom we have not seen for more than three ]years and was notified that he is dead as a result of fire Outbreak and no next of kin for claims .That is the reason why i contacted you since your second name bears the same and you can stand as the next of kin to the deceased and with my position here the money can be transfered to your Account without hesitation.I have since place this funds on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary as i stated that the depositor of the funds is dead and we are still looking for the next of kin for claims.
We are going to share the funds 50/50 as soon as it is transfered into your account .Note also that there are practically no risk involved , it will be bank to bank transfer and if you wish like coming to Ghana you are also welcome.All i need from you is to stand and claim the as the next of kin to the original depositor of this funds with our branch so that the head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account .If you accept this offer to work with me , i will appreciate it very much as i want to invest in REAL ESTATE in your country that is why i have to contact you for this transaction. as soon as i receive your response by email and phone call , i will detail you on how we can achieve it successfully.PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME SO THAT I CAN LOOK FOR ANOTHER PERSON .Thanks for your understanding and God be with you as i wait to hear from you as soon as possible through this email address: michaelkofi1177@gmail.com Best Regards,MR MICHAEL KOFITEL:+233 2467 84945



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