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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: "kusi fulaya" <kusifulaya45@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kusifulaya_13@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:21:07 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP


DEAR SIR/MADAM

I AM KUSI FULAYA AM 24 YEARS OLD AND FROM CONGO PRESENTLY IN GHANA DUE TO
THE PROBLEM WE ARE FACING IN OUR COUNTRY I HAVE TO COME DOWN TO GHANA IN
RESPECT OF MY LATE FATHERS FUNDS THAT HE DEPOSITED IN A BANK HERE IN GHANA
AND THE FUNDS IS 22MILLION USD AND THE BANK MANAGER TOLD ME THAT MY LATE
FATHER DEPOSITED THE MONEY ON TRANSIT SO I CAN NOT WITHDRAW FROM THE ACCOUNT
THAT I SHOULD GO AND GET A FOREIGN PARTNER TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS ABROAD SO
THAT I CAN BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE FUNDS.

SO PLEASE DUE TO THE WAR THAT RAVAGED MY COUNTRY I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO GO
BACK OR STAY IN AFRICA ANY LONGER WHAT I WANT FROM IS FOR YOU TO STAND AS MY
PARTNER AND FATHER TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS IN YOUR COUNTRY AND AFTER YOU HAVE
RECEIVE IT YOU WILL THEN SEND AN INVITATION FOR ME TO COME OVER AND SPEND
THE REST OF MY LIFE THERE WITH YOU.

MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER WAS KILLED IN AN ATTACK THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE 4TH
OF APRIL 2005 IN MY COUNTRY AND MY YOUNGER SISTER WAS CARRIED AWAY BY OUR
NABOUR SO WITH THIS INFORMATION THAT MY FATHER GAVE TO ME AS HIS NEXT OF KIN
I WENT TO OUR FAMILY LAWYER AND HE THEN TOLD ME TO TAKE THE DOCUMENT AND
COME TO GHANA AND FINE A WAY TO GET THE FUNDS SEEMS AM THE ONLY ONE LEFT IN
THE FAMILY THAT HE WILL NOT ADVICE ME TO STAY IN CONGO ANY MORE.

SO I WILL PLEAD WITH YOU TO STAND AND HELP ME RECEIVE THE FUNDS AND IN EVERY
ASSISTANCE YOU WILL GIVE AS MY FOREIGN PARTNER YOU WILL GET 30% OF THE TOTAL
FUNDS AND THE BALANCE YOU WILL LOOK FOR A PROFITABLE BUSINESS TO INVEST IT
ON THERE SO THAT YOU AND I CAN BE PARTNER IN THE BUSINESS.

IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HELP RECEIVE THE FUNDS PLEASE KINDLY GET BACK TO ME
AS YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL MAY GOD BLESS YOU RICHLY.

FROM KUSI FULAYA

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