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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: Kwesi Kwame <kwesikwame2009@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:33:54 +0000
Subject: The transaction will be on 50/50 basis as soon as we are through.



Dear One,

I wish to introduce myself to you as Superintendent Kwesi Kwame of the Ghana Police Service.

I am writing you in respect of my late friend Dr. Alfred Dodoh who died two years ago leaving a total sum of USD$18.5M deposit with the Ecobank here in Accra, Ghana.

The EcoBank has since contacted me for long to assist present Dr. Alfred Dodoh next of kin which I have done without finding any because he died with his wife and has no child as at time of death.

I am therefore, soliciting your assistance as a matter of confidentiality and trust to present yourself as the next of kin to late Dr. Alfred Dodoh as your Nephew and to contact the bank for the remittance of your late uncle fund across to you. Alternatively, to give you Dr. Alfred Dodoh account access code to enable you make transfer online by yourself.

I will be supporting you behind to make sure everything is done successfully as planned. The transaction will be on 50/50 basis as soon as we are through.

Call me as soon as you receive this email for us to proceed if you are interested. Please if you are not, do keep this confidential to yourself because of my status here.

I wait for your call as soon as possible.

Regards,
Superintendent Kwesi Kwame.
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