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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: "francis"<francis_kuala@myway.com>
Reply-To: francis_kuala@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:29:18 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: good


Dear,FriendI am introducing myself as Mr. Francis Kuala, an accountant with the West African NetWork for Peace Building (WANFPB) in capital city of Accra, Republic of Ghana. I found it easy and reliable, from your lined profile in my recent search, to dealing with you in terms of general investment in your country. On behalf of my involved colleagues in the above office, my inquiry is to know if you would legitimately, handle an investment with an initial inflow of US$4,329,000.00 dollars, depending on your area of specialization?The fund was accrued from our reserved procceds with the colloborated effort of I and other two officials and is meant purposely for overseasinvestment. We would under a memorandum of Understanding (Agreement), start on the processing of the transfer of the fund to you before our anticipated meeting in either your country or here in Accra. Kindly get back to me with your area of specicializatiobn if you are interest for detailed information.Best
regards,Mr.Francis KualaAccountant - WANFPBfrancis_kuala@yahoo.co.uk

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