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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: "kofficc7 Gazeta.pl" <kofficc7@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: kofficc@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:36:04 +0100
Subject: sincere regards


From The Desk of:
Mr Koffi Collins
PLOT 72 NEW TOWN.
ACCRA GHANA
Email: kofficc@hotmail.com
Mobile : +233-24-7884064


Dear Friend,

I do hope this letter will not come to you as a surprise. It was borne out
of my desire to share a mutual
business Relationship with you. My name is Mr.Koffi Collins, 52yrs, a
Secretary, Ghana national.i am married
with a wife and five promissing children.

I work as an administrative Secretary to SECURITY COMPANY . in Accra Ghana.
I got the information concerning
you from the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and after due consultation with my
spiritual adviser, I decided to
contact you believing that by the grace of God, you will accept to be my
partner in this business.

I earn a salary of 450,000 cedes – 450 USD equivalent monthly. I joined the
services of this company in 1991
as an office assistant. I have been working with this company for 17 years.
Within this period, I have watched
with meticulous precision how African Heads of States and government
functionaries have been using SECURITY
COMPANY to move huge sums of money USD, Pound Sterling, French France –
(Cash) to their foreign partners.

They bring in these consignments of money cash and secretly declare the
contents as gold, diamond, precious
stones, family treasure, documents etc. Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria (dead),
Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead)
Foday Sankoy of Siera– Leone. Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (Rtd.) of Nigeria etc.

All these people have hundreds of consignments deposited with SECURITY
COMPANY. Their foreign partners, Friends
and relatives, are claiming most of these consignments. A lot of them are
lying here unclaimed for as much as
17 yrs. No body may ever come for them because in most cases, the documents
of the deposit are never available
to any body except the depositors most of them are dead.Since the inception
of the 2000 millennium,SECURITY
COMPANY MANAGEMENT changed the procedure of claims of consignments. As soon
as you are able to produce all the
secret information as contained in the secret file of any consignment, it
will be released to you upon demand.
From our record, more than 120 consignments belonging to Gen Abacha / Mobutu
Sese Seko, has been claimed in the
past three years. This is why I am soliciting for your co-operation and
assistance.Late Gen. Abacha has 82
consignments deposited with several names and codes. 35 have been claimed in
the past three years. Since he's
dead, his first son is dead in a plane crash, the second son is facing trial
for murder and embezzlement and
the family members are under restricted arrest without communication. I have
finished every arrangement for you
to travel to our branch in {SPAIN} and claim consignment No 1201 containing
USD $10.5 Million usd, but if you
cannot make it by traveling to spain then the security company were the
funds was deposited they can still use
their diplomat to convey the consignment funds] to you in your country or
very close country of yours,My duty
is to supply you with all the information and documents by fax or Email. You
will deal directly with my lawyer
who is going to secure all the needed documents on your name as the
beneficialy of the consignment.The
procedure is simple: -because as soon as you get back to me with your full
details then i will forward it to my
lawyer to contact you immediately and let you know the next step because
this transaction is not going to take
more than 5 to 7 days to finalize, Also they will demand some documents and
secret codes which my lawyer will
provide on your behaf.
As soon as they are confirmed correctly, They will invite you for the
collection or they can use their
diplomat to deliver the consignment to you in your country. No body will
ever know I am involved in the deal
except the Lawyer who will write an agreement for us.I'll suggest upon
conclusion we share 35% for you 10% for
the lawyer then45% for me and 10 map out for any expences. At the successful
conclusion of the deal, you'll
arrange for me and my family to come over to your country as soon as the
consignment has been in your custordy.

I assure you that the business have been hatched for 7 Years now, it is very
secure and risk free. You can get
back to me on the alternative e-mail address for further Explanations and
directives on the procedure. Always
email me your response on my alternative email: kofficc@hotmail.com
God Bless you.
Mr Koffi Collins.
Cell:+233-24-7884064

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