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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: "Anthony Mensah." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <antony_mensah01@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 22:22:25 +0700
Subject: Urgent Response needed

Dear Sir,

I wish to introduce myself as Mr. Anthony Mensah, a mandate and representative of the Asare Bunso family resident in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

As you may know, our region remains the richest in terms of annual turn over in the mining industry in Ghana. Relatively every house whole has a mining concession or the other, either inherited from our late parents or just discovered as a result of geological analysis conducted in our communities.

It may also interest you to know that we currently have in our dear country Ghana, a Gold mining concession that is said to be in exhaustible even in the next 100 years!
Based on this statistics, we in our family has decided to request for genuine foreign partnership with very truthful and honest investors who will come down to buy our produce (Gold Dust) and in return, pay for the produce part in cash and the balance In the supply of machineries to enable us boost our mining strength and capacity.

We are willing and ready to go into a long term purchase contract with you if you proof to be reliable and will respect the exclusive sale of the produce to you or your company only.

If this proposal interests you, please kindly reply us immediately and we will be glad to give you further details as to how much quantity we have for offer at the moment and other relevant procedures regarding the smooth completion of the transaction.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

Yours truly,

Anthony Mensah.

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