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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: "MR.WILLIAM KOJO" <williamkojo50@att.net>
Reply-To: <williamkojo2011@9.cn>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:18:36 -0000
Subject: FUND TRANSFER

From Mr.William Kojo
International commercial Bank.
Ring road Accra Ghana.

Attn : Dear

It is a pleasure writing to you at this moment of the day, my name is Mr.William Kojo, the Finance director International Commercial Bank Ghana.I deem it fit to contact you regarding to a transaction that will favor both of us at the end, and i got your contact in my search for a reputable and reliable person to help me claim the fund in question.I am contacting you for a possible business transfer worth £10,500,000.00, Ten Million Five Hundred Pound Sterling (GBP) I am using this moment to give you the cognizance and also to seek your assistance to this business proposal.

In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of £10,500,000.00 in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Mr. Alan Williams, A British National who died along with his entire family in (20 Oct 2005) in a plane crash. As followed in this link http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tanzania/1501084/Tycoon-dies-with-family-in-Tanzania-safari-plane-crash.html

This said fund is now ready for transfer to a foreign account whose owner will be portrayed as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased customer of the bank.Do not view this as being illegal but an opportunity for us to enrich our hope in life instead of the bank converting this much money to the security funds. You should not nurse any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the smooth transfer of these funds into your account,and your acceptance is what will crown this effort.Moreover i would like to invest this fund in a lucrative business in your country unlike real estate and Hotel management.

It will be my interest to finish this transaction with you hoping that you will not cheat or blackmail me at the conclusion of this goal because I have planned it for long.If you can be a collaborator to this transaction, please indicate your positive interest by mailing me back immediately for us to proceed. Remember this is absolutely confidential because my Bank does not know about it.To establish this you have to send the following information to me.

FULL NAMES:________________________
ADDRESS: _________________________
STATE:_____________________
COUNTRY________________________________
AGE:_________________
OCCUPATION:________________________
MOBILE PHONE:_____________________________
TEL FAX NUMBER:_____________________

Thank you for your time and attention.
Thanks and God bless You,
Mr.William Kojo.

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