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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: Richard Koffi <richbornkoffi@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: koffi_chambersprivacy@yahoo.co, uk@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:49:41 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Barrister Richard Koffi. (esq)


Barrister Richard Koffi.
Legal practitioner & public notary& high court
Representative,
Suite 205 Mdomi plaza,
Accra Ghana

Dearest; (TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN)

I am Barrister.Richard Koffi,a solicitor in law.I am the personal attorney to late Mr.H.S.Nathan, a national of your country, who used to work with TEXACO ,an Oil Servicing Company here in GHANA.Herein after shall be referred to as my client. On the 18th of December 2003, my client, his wife and their only daughter travelled to his wife country IRAN on holiday and unfotunantely, they were involved in anEarthquake which occoured in Bam on the 26th of December 2003 in IRAN which claim about 25 thausand
lives in the Earthquake .

Since the earthquake I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives,this has proved unsuccessful.I am contacting you based on the fact that my client deposited one trunk BOX as a family treasure with a security company here in ACCRA GHANA valued at US$5.5 million of which he handed over the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT with me as his lawyer.And i also ask him then why he choose to deposit the fund/BOX in a security company rather than bank,

He told me that it was due to political instablity in AFRICA and that he was assured by the Director of the security company that he can claim his BOX from any of their Branch Offices in EUROPE and ASIA countries For the fact that I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives since the earthquake occoured, I hereby seek your consent to present you as the relative or the business partner to my late client all i want from you is maximum co-operation to enable us make the claim of these Box to our benefit.

I have all the necessary information that will guide you to the successful claim of these BOX and legal POWER OF ATTORNEY that will make you the beneficary of the BOX will be prepared by me as his attorney. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you and to this ffect.at the conclusion of this business you will be given 35% of the total amount,60% will for be for me,while 5% will be for any expenses both parties might have incurred during the process,

All i require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal though.the information i require from you is this;

(1) your full name
(2)address
(3)telephone/ fax number.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law,

Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Richard Koffi. (esq)


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