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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: "Pastor Samuel Kojo" <pastorsamuelkojo5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pastorsamuel@live.com
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:28:22 +0100
Subject: Children


Faith Orphan Home
45 Nkurumah Way,
Kumasi Ghana.



I'm the Director of Faith Orphan Home charity and humanitarian foundation.
This letter comes to you simply because of the circumstances surrounding the
death of our late founder we need your help to save the life of this
children and i know as a child of GOD you will handle this process with me
in one faith.


He established this foundation to help less privileged minority people and
orphan children in our society which we were doing marvelously before his
unfortunate death in 2005, i have been called upon to conduct a standard
process and to provide the beneficiary to our late founder since he was a
foriegner i will need your help on this process with the Bank here in Ghana.


This involves private funds deposited in a foreign currency account with
The Bank in Ghana, as a miracle from God the bank contacted me a month ago
as the director of this foundation and a trustee to recommend a next of kin
to the funds since he (Our Late founder) died intestate
and nominated no successor in title over the fund deposit made with the bank
amounting to (Nine Million United States Dollars) The essence of this
communication with you is to request that you provide me with
information/comments on any or all of the issues below as regards nominating
you to inherit the fund left behind since you are a foreigner hence eligible
to stand for claim of the funds.


Ihave therefore contacted you to be legally nominated as next of kin
(inheritor) to Our Late founder after all inquiries and investigation even
with the relevant embassy has yielded results showing that there is no known
or living next of kin. You are required therefore to answer this questions
to enable me make my recommendation to The Bank in Ghana.


Can you confirm your willingness to accept this inheritance if you are
legally and legitimately nominated through my recommendation to the bank and
approved to stand as inheritor to this funds, Would you agree to donate 50%
of this inheritance to our charity organization for the continued upkeep and
securing of a better future for the orphans in our care, if you are
officially recommended to the bank in my powers to stand as the Inheritor?


Please write and let me know your interest towards the issues mentioned.
You must appreciate that I am constrained from providing you with more
detailed information at this point. Please respond to this mail as soon as
possible to afford me the opportunity to provide you with more information
on this matter and upon your consent proceed with the recommendation to the
Bank as the inheritor of the funds.


Thanks for your care.

Pastor Samuel Kojo

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