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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: daniel kwame <danielkwame_45@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: danielkwame2011@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 03:00:05 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR SOLICTING UNDERSTANDING



Sir,

At the moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your positive response is received. Please take a moment of your time to read this and send your response.



I assure you that this deal is worth taking and highly profitable. I am the General Auditor of the BARCLAY'S BANK PLC of Ghana and I am contacting you for a business transaction involving US$4,800,000.00 Million Dollars.50% of the total funds as commission.



This account has been in suspense for the past few years. With your sincere assistance and co-operation i am determined to work this deal with you if you are very honest. Send all corresponding through this



Send this information to me belows:

FULL NAME

NATIONALITY

AGE

SEX

OCCUPATION IN BRIEF

TELEPHONE/MOBILE NUMBER

FAX NUMBER

MARITAL STATUS

INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT COPY



Thank you for your time and attention.

Best Regards,

Mr.Daniel Kwame

+233541431907



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