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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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Fraud email example:

From: Barr.Boafo Ofori <barr.wo.boafo@live.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:46:41 +0000
Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?BARRISTER_?= =?windows-1256?Q?BOAFO_WILL?=
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Attention:Dear Mr. John Morgan,

I am Barrister BOAFO, WILLIAM
OFORI, The Chief Legal Solicitor to the Republic of Ghana, I got your
contact from Presidency meeting held on Friday last week on the high and
highest foreign investors and I decided to contact you,
Educated at
Leeds College of Commerce, Leeds, England; B.A. (Hones.), University of
Ghana, Legion; LL.B. (Hons.), King's College, London University; College
of Europe, Brussels University, Belgium. Also an alumnus of the Hague
Academy of International Law, Hebrew University and New York University.
Affiliations:
President
of the Ghana Bar Association from 1995-98; Member, Association of
Recognized Professional Bodies; President, Ghana Association of the
Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators; Associate
Member, American Bar Association; Member, London Court of International
Arbitration; Member, Commonwealth Lawyers Association; Member, American
Arbitration Association. Experience:
Mr. Okudzeto has been in private
legal practice for nearly 35 years, after being called to the English
Bar at the Inner Temple London and to the Ghana Bar in 1963. Was a
Member of Parliament from 1969-1972, and Chairman of the Public Accounts
Committee. From 1963-1971 he was with Law Chambers & Co., then the
largest law firm in Ghana . In 1971 Mr. Okudzeto opened his own Chambers
at Mobil House in Accra. He is a part-time Principal Lecturer at the
Ghana School of Law, and operates a partnership under the name of Sam
Okudzeto & Associates, comprising a junior partner, five lawyers and
a staff of five. The firm's area of practice is in the commercial
sector and includes mining and mineral law, property, convincing,
privatization,
corporate law practice. Civil litigation, immigration, industrial and
labor law, international trade and investment, human rights, mercantile
and shipping law, air and space law, leases, intellectual property,
patents, trade marks, arbitration and mediation.

Partner,

I
make clear to you that there was a meeting held on Friday last week on
the high and highest foreign investors, wish your name was among the
names mentioned.
Please remember that my service is of
humanitarian protection and we enjoin individuals who suffer sending in
money but never receive.
I will be working with you as your
personal lawyer, and I will assist you with a financially aid to finance
your stop transactions if you will work with me.

I just decided
to give you this peace of advice as regarding the pains and trouble you
must have being going through, and your past experience in all the
business transactions you have involved in Ghana or with in other
African countries.
I am in position to rescue you.

Regards.
Barrister
Boafo William Ofori
Attorney at Law and Notary Public
Mailing
address:
Onimpa Akuoko and Co.
P.O. Box 197
Accra Ghana
Tel:/Fax:
233-21-665216

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