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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: "Dr. kofi Addo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drjjohnson@yahoo.cn>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 08:55:22 +0100
Subject: Financial Due Process Extremely Urgent Message Fund Approval

OFFICE OF DIRECTOR DUE PROCESS Commission Jubilee Complex. 37 Military Hospital Road Accra-Ghana REF:COS/ROG/PRES/DPU/2009/QTR01/VOL.2 PAYMENT OF YOUR OVER DUE FUND THROUGH DEDUCTION AFTER PROCESSING,NOTARIZATION AND ENDORSEMENT OF WAIVER FORM QZ. Attention: Beneficiary, Following directives and mandate this office received in respect of your over-due contract fund payment approval,valued at $8. 3 million,you will be delighted to hear that your name was in the pay roll on the schedule of payment on the category you belong. While we were trying to recall the schedule and in the system,we were made to understand that you have not received your fund having been short listed long ago.This Group is responsible for investigating the legitimacy of unpaid Contract,this includes every foreign contractors/Lotto winner's that may have not received their contract/winning sum and people that had an unfinished transaction,such as Compensations,Consignments Trunk Boxes and Gold Business or international business that failed due to Government problems etc. You are being legally contacted regarding the release of your long awaited fund,after a detailed review of your file, the World Bank Group has mandated the OFFICE OF DIRECTOR DUE PROCESS, Accra Ghana to release your fund immediately. The sum of $8.3 Million United States Dollars Only, has been approved in your favor. This payment will be effected through Swift Telegraphic Transfer. Base on the manifesto of the new government, a WAIVER FORM QZ would be sent to you. AS soon as the Waiver Form QZ is filled and returned,it will activate the entire process. Having done that,you will be compelled to open None Residence Account in any of the prime banks in Ghana. After the establishment of the None Residence account, it will empower the ministry to moved the funds in question from Bank of Ghana Escrow Call Account into the None Residence account for onward remittance.This exercise will empower the authorities to deduct all charges and transfer your money. From there,the paying bank in collaboration with Finance Ministry will deduct all legal charges and immediately initiate the transfer through telegraphic wire transfer. You are advised to contact Dr.Jerry Johnson The Director,of Due Process Unit for proper action on this email address: drjjohnson@yahoo.cn As soon as you get back to him, he will advice you with the Waiver Form and thereafter educate you on how the None Residence account will be established. If this letter is wrongly transmitted to you, kindly delete it. We urge your maximum co-operation,as we are obliged to serve you better and to restore back lost hope to you. Yours faithfully, Dr. kofi Addo Financial Due Process Commission

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