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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: asare.kofinanachambers@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:27:18 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: be interested to father frank




DESK OF BARR, KOFI NANA
COFFIE NANA & ASSOCIATES
UNITED NATION'S HOUSE
4FL,LEGAL OFFICE,
OSU- ACCRA
GHANA.
Reply me here: kofinana.esq@gmail.com

Dear Sir,

Sequel to our telephone conversation yesterday, I humbly introduce myself
as Barrister Kofi Nana, SAG, JP. A legal associate and preliminary to the
United Nations here in Osu Accra Ghana,for which I
am using this medium to solicit your assistance, which will take little of
your time,energy and total dedication to become the new
beneficiary to my client,who happens to be a refugee with us here, and
just narrowly escape death through the hands of his former beneficiary
legal representative here and his cooling his nerves in the police custody
in attempted murderer.

Sir, due to this reasons, I thereby recommended your sincerity and trust
to become the new beneficiary to Frank Mobutu Sese Seko,Jr. who just came
back from the United Kingdom where he was taken for diagnosing and a
surgical
operation.

Sir, should you be interested to father frank and help to invest his $26
million united states dollars,which was been kept at in fix deposit with
Security Company by his late father for safe keeping pending when frank 22
years old.Then I will legally make you as the new beneficiary from the
High court of justice here by sending you a UN FORM which you fill as
appendix 1
serving as a memorandum of understanding between you and frank M.S Jr.


I await your urgent response.

Yours faithfully,

Kofi Nana, Esq
For: Nana & Associates
http://ghanabar.org/pdf/good-standing.pdf

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