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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: "Mr. Koffi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jkoffi46@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 1980 02:12:27 -0800
Subject: RE: My Dearest,h

Bank of Ghana
Accra-Ghana


Dearest,

I know this letter will come to you as a surprise
because you do not know me before; my name is Mr.
George Koffi Director Cargo Department, Bank of Ghana.

During the airlift of some presidential luggage to
Europe, I and my colleagues in the above department
unanimously decided to include additional luggage.
containing US$8million only for our own benefit
It was labeled "Photographic Equipment" for
security reasons. I am obliged to contact you to
assist us on getting the luggage cleared from the
agent and delivered to you. As we have agreed on the
following terms.

(1) All relevant documents to claim the luggage will
be procured in your name to enable the agent deliver
the luggage to your mailing address. (2) You will be
entitled to a share of 25% of the total amount. (3) 5%
of the total amount will be set aside for expenses on
both sides. (4) 70% of the total amount will be for my
colleagues and me.

If this business terms and conditions are ok by you,
kindly contact me on my telephone number above or on
my private emailaddress: jkoffi46@gmail.com ,
also, furnish me with your full names, mailing address and
your personal telephone / fax numbers, for easier communication for i
mmediate forwarding to the agent in Europe.

Note that this business is 100% risk free, as all
relevant documents to back up the claim will be
procure in your name. However, we advice you to keep
the entire transaction close to yourself until you
received the luggage. For security reasons other
modalities will be discussed as soon as you response
to me.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. George Koffi
Director Cargo Dept


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