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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: "General. Felix Aqua" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gen.felixaqua@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:27:27 -0000
Subject: Honorable Beneficiary, Receiving a Box?


Attn: Honorable Beneficiary,

I am General Felix Aqua an Ex-military officer, and chief security officer at the kotoka International
Airport Accra Ghana, my predecessor intercepted a box which belongs to a late beneficiary Mr. Johnson
Davis who died without a next of kin and does not have an electronic access permit code for delivery
that is why it was intercepted. And through the scanning process it was discovered that it contains $7.5
US dollars that is why i am contacting you to stand as the associate of late Mr. Johnson Davis in other
for the box to be release and deliver to you.

Through our investigation, the box was said to have released out from the security vault of Magnum Force
Security Company Ltd. Ghana without a proper declaration or documents to show for it release that is why
it was intercepted. I am saddled to contact you as a partner in other for the box to be released and
delivered to you.

As a matter of urgency I wish to know your readiness to receive this box? And forward me your full details
to claim the box. I will make an arrangement to obtain the original document of the box from an insider at
Magnum Force Security Company Ltd and thereby by forward it to you for your perusal.

Note: both parties will share the total sum of 60%-40%, as soon as you receive the box, you have to speedily
forward your complete details, 1. Full names, 2. Occupation, 3. Marital status, 4. ID for proper identification.
(International passport/DriverÂ’s license)

We have only fourteen (14) days to achieve this success, I will advise you contact me immediately on your
readiness and with the information above, you are also advice to keep this transaction confidential to avoid
delay in receiving the box.

Yours Faithfully,

General Felix Aqua,
Chief security officer,
Kotoka International Airport Accra Ghana,

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