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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: "Innocent Kwame" <innocentkwame10@ghanarefugee.com>
Reply-To: innocentkwame10@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 12:40:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT PROPOSAL




Attention please!


How are you today? I hope all is well with you. I do understand the
concern this letter will bring to you for the fact that it comes from
someone strange to you. But be rest assured for it come with good
intentions. However, as I was going on research, looking for responsible
and trustworthy someone who can help and assist me in this
business/transferring some fund out from Accra Ghana into his personal or
company account overseas.

I am the only son of Late Mr. Michael Kwame from Zimbabwe, a wealthy black
farmer and senior politician with the opposition political party in my
country, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Our wicked President Robert
Mugabe murdered my father, before I ran away from my country because I
have become his next target to eliminate. My father was a fighter for
Justice and a moving force in The MDC, a party wanting to end the several
years of brutal Dictatorship government of President Robert Mugabe. My
father was accused of assisting the White farmers in fighting the
government. Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead. The
government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen for
proper autopsy, they buried him in the government cemetery. My father's
associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain assisted me in
fighting my father's death through the Court and media.

The Government saw us as a big treat to them and decided to eliminate us.
Mr. Olds was attacked and murdered in his House, but fortunately, before
they came looking for me, I received the news and I left the country with
my mother through the border to South Africa in order to save my life,
before my arrival here in Ghana.

Here is my reason for contacting you. Before the death of my father, he
deposited the sum of US$35,000,000.00 (Thirty five million United States
Dollars) with THE (BOG) clearing house in Ghana to purchase his farm
machinery equipment, as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe. The
money was deposited as a gem of precious stone in a metal trunk box to
avoid seizure and much demurrage from the security company organization.
This money was earmarked for the purchase of new machinery and chemicals
for the farms and the establishment of new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland.

The government seized my father's farms and banks accounts before his
arrest and Murder. He told me everything concerning the funds while he was
still in
detention. This is why I need your assistance in securing the funds there
in your Country, so that I can arrange on how to come over to your country
for the investment of the fund, I am willing to offer you 20% of the US$35
Million and 80% will be for me and my family, which will also be invested
in your country for the future Investment of my family, For your
assistance to provide an account where the funds will be transferred into
because I am faced with the dilemma of investing this amount of money in
Ghana and the financial law and Regulations of this country do not permit
me financial rights to such huge sum of money. In view of this, I cannot
invest the funds in Ghana, Moreover; the Ghanaian monetary policy/law does
not allow such investment by an asylum seeker or refugee.

As I wait for your urgent Response, please treat this information as top
secret, No one knows my where about and i want to maintain that secrecy in
order to be safe.


Please send me your cell phone number and let me know if you can assist me
too; so that I can give you more details on how we shall proceed.


Am waiting to hear from you.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Innocent Kwame
Mobile: +233246861191



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