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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: george kuame <kuameus07_12@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <kuame_us07@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 22:56:37 +0200
Subject: From George Kuame




From George KuameAbidjan Cote d’Ivoire.

Hello Dear,
May peace be upon you.
It is my pleasure communicating With You for the first time, believing That it will lead to a better Relationship between us.

I am George Kuame the son of late Mr. Joseph Kuame.i am 23 years old and an Orphan. I am presently taking refuge in Ivory Coast.

I have some money that I would want to transfer and Invest In your country.The amount is US$4.5M (Four Million Five Hundred Thousands Dollars)

This money was deposited by My Late Father who was a serving director of the Agro- exporting board until his death. He was assassinated by the rebels during the last political uprising in our country.

I want you to assist me in claiming the money to yourAccount and help me to come to meet with you and also assist me in Investing the money in a lucrative business.

I will give you 20% of the total money for Ur help and a negociatable Percentage for the Investment purpose.
As I hear from you I will give you more details for us to forge ahead To achieve this goal.

I need your urgent response so that we can discuss further.
Thanks and best regards,George Kuame
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