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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 <mrkkwesi29@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrkkwesi5@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:28:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Good Day,


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

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