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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: David Koffi <koffi_dav3@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:30:15 +0000
Subject: To the Company Director



Re Business Invitation in Accra Ghana West Africa

It was a pleasure meeting your company profile in the Internet. It's amazing how I came accross the kind of company i wish that i will be destined to have here.my proposal which I will introduce to you will takes off here. I was fascinated by your synopsis of the history of your Company or industry over the past, years since 1991. Clearly your company has a rich corporate heritage and tradition. At the same time, the company has been blessed with a continuum of leader or Director of foresight and imagination who had the courage to change course at key points along the way so that the company could remain competitive and continue to lead its industry. My Aim and objective of writing to you is that i want the final Edition Publications of such kind of company of yours to be the best here in my Country as it is in your country, so that special publisher that focuses on corporate publications including annual reports will see your company as the best through out the whole of Africa, corporate profiles and corporate histories will be maintained here on your company name with the position in the west Africa. We have been in business for over 15 years and during that time have grown from a two-person start-up, to a serious corporate Business with over 100 employees. i have been investing in over a dozen Fortune 500 Big Oil companies as a SHARE HOLDER In different Countries.
After going through your profile in the internet, it occurred to me that with your company approaching to have its branch in Ghana West Africa which i will sponsor; it would be the perfect occasion to produce a Corporate History to celebrate your company's first half-century. It so happens, that this is exactly one of the types of corporate publications that i need in the country here to specialize in. In fact, i am going produced your company the best corporate histories for a number of companies. I am going to Invest my Savings from Stock Exchange income i have made from over 20 years from different companies in different countries.I have mapped out the tune of (TEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS)to make a support for the project and as a Ghana Citizen i will still be of a help to make thing easy since it is in my country.In Ghana now the government have made a free way for investors, and everybody is invited.
With your company coming over here, I'm sure that you will not have anything to regret because I have been thinking about ways to make that anniversary a special one. Accordingly, I would very much like to meet with you and show you my desire to get this company here, I will brief you further on how everything is going to take off once you reply my mails and make arrangement of coming over her so that we can discuss more. I have a strong feeling that what i offer to you might be just the kind of thing you've been looking for to celebrate your Company. Please feel free to get back to me so that we can discuss this further. If I don't hear from you by the end of next week I will follow up with you and see if we can set up a meeting here at your convenience. Yours truly,
Mr. Ken Kofi

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