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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: "kinsowusu3 Gazeta.pl" <kinsowusu3@gazeta.pl>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:19:27 +0100
Subject: PROPOSAL


*From Kingsley Owusu
Bunburam Refugee Camp
Ghana

Dearest Beloved ,

I am Kingsley Owusu,And I am contacting you because I need your help in the
management of a sum of money and Gold,if only you're a good and reputable
God fearing person to assist me handle my inheritance fund left for me by My
Late Father before he died..

Please for your information I want this fund to be invested out side Africa
to any Country Abroad. Please I requested your help immediately. And with
your help it is going to help the both of us.

Firstly, I want you to know that my father was killed by his political
opponent September 25th 2004 when he was about going to London for
investment , while I was in school. Since then I have been living with my
mother, who was the former Managing Director of Food/drugs Agency Sudan.

My father willed in cash,This money is USD 15.5 million American Dollars
which he deposited with I.C.B bank here in Ghana and the Gold is 22. karat
218 kilograms that was deposited in Goil Oil Services Company Limited here
in Waja Kasoa city in Ghana. My father was a very rich Gold farmer and he
was poisoned by his business colleagues and now I want you to stand as my
guidance and appointed beneficiary as foreign partner and receive the money
and the Box of Gold in your country since I am only 23 years and without
father.

I contact you therefore to confirm if you can accept me into your life as my
guardian, because since my parent left me, my uncle have claimed all his
landed property and some other account with banks in Sudan before the War
started. My Uncle was asking me if there is any other of my father property
information I have. Which I refuse to disclose this to him, since I do not
trust him any longer over his greedy and wicked act towards me. I am afraid
he will seat on the money if I should tell him or let him about this fund.
If I do, he is going to frustrate my entire life and effort.

Presently my mother and I are here in Ghana to notify the security company
and the bank of the claims and we are staying in the refugee camp. Therefore
I want you to advise us on how best we can invest this money in your country
because my father never wanted the fund to be invested in Africa to avoid
suspicions and due to market instabilities coupled with economic and
political situation facing Africa.

Dear Beloved. Apart from investing the Money with you, I will compensate you
with 35% of the total Money and all your expenses on this transaction will
be paid back to you immediately the money arrived to your
country/account.you are going to manager the investment for some period of
years before you hand it over to me.

Please as you show your willingness forward to us your full name address and
Tel/Fax number earnestly awaiting your response. On the receipt of your
contact details we shall present your name to the security company and the
bank as our appointed investor,

Please contact me on this email for further detail. (
kingsleyowusu1111@gmail.com)

God Bless You.
Kingsley Owusu
*

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