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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: "P.L" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <plawpong@rediffmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:32:13 +0100
Subject: Confidential

Hello.

My name is Mr. Philip Lawpong,from the Republic of Ghana,married with kids. I write to seek your assistance in claiming and investing the sum of $48m USD which is lying unclaimed in our finance/clearing house in which I am a Director.

The original/initial depositor is dead and there is no recorded next of kin to our deceased customer and nobody has asked for this fund for the past eight years.The fund is contained in two trunk boxes marked 106 and 107 respectively.

For security reasons, I will give you o ther informations about this fund and the criteria for a hitchfree claiming of this fund and the transfer to your good account number for our mutual benefits upon receipt of your favorable response. We will also discuss the sharing
percentage and the investment upon hearing from you.

To prove to you the genuineness of this fund, I have consulted a Lawyer who will assist me in the procurement of a sworn affidavit of fact and affidavit of claim in your name and on your behalf from a High Court here and our Ministry of Justice respectively. These two
affidavits will be used for the procurement of the change of beneficiary name of this fund to your name from the security company as this will enable you to claim the fund.

Again, for security reasons, all informations concerning this fund will be made available to you upon receipt of your acceptance reply;You have to send me your private telephone number so we can have a heart to heart conversation or call me on +233242381569 or my private email:plawpong@rediffmail.com
Remain blessed,
Mr. Philip Lawpong

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