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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: "Garcia" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrwilliamsalfredgarcia@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:58:19 -0700
Subject: RE: ARE YOU STILL ALIVE OR DEAD ?

Hello Dear.
 
I am Mr. WILLIAMS ALFRED GARCIA; I am a U.S citizen. My residential address is as follows 2000 N St NW Washington, DC 20036, United States RETIRED ENGINEER WITH A LARGE CHARITY FOR GODS POOR. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over Three Hundred & Sixty Two Thousand U.S.Dollars ($362,000.00) while in the U.S to imposter`s/fraudsters, trying to get my payment all to no avail.
 
So I decided to travel down to West Africa precisely Ghana and Nigeria with all my compensation documents, and I was directed to meet DR.KWABENA DUFFOUR, who is the MINISTER OF FINANCE & OUTSTANDING PAYMENT AWARD COMMITTEE (Lawyer), and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails or telephone are fake.
 
He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the happiest man on earth because I have received my compensation funds amounting to $15,000,000.00. Moreover, DR. KWABENA DUFFOUR, showed me the full information of those that won lottery, and those whose inheritance has not been paid and the list of all Consignment`s & outstanding contractors that were owed and have not yet received their payments and I saw your email as one of the scam victims, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people because many of those FRAUDSTERS will call you telling you that they are the MINISTER OF FINANCE, PRESIDENT, BARRISTER, BANK MANAGER, SECURITY COMPANY DIRECTOR etc, and the worst part of it is that they normally use the real name of those legit people to scam us, they are not with your fund or consignment, they are only making money out of you as they did to me from my hard earned money. I will advise you to contact DR.KWABENA DUFFOUR directly on this inform
Name: DR. KWABENA DUFFOUR (MOF-Barrister)
Email: (drkwabena-duffourminister@hotmail.com)
Phone: +233 540-864-646
 
You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing left as they did to me.
 
The only money I paid after I met DR. KWABENA DUFFOUR was just $960 only for paper works, there was no other payment involved for the paper works, take note of that should in case if he ask for more payment then you are definitely in-contact with the wrong DR. KWABENA DUFFOUR. Don`t delay to contact him right now so that within the next 3working days you can enjoy your wealth and forget about the money that you have spent so far. You are free to call me via my direct telephone number or my private email address below if you need more details.
 
Thank You and Be Blessed.
MR.WILLIAM ALFRED GARCIA
Private Email:(mrwalfredgarcia@aol.com)
Tel:(+1)(7163-815-094)
Fax:(+1)(206-426-1524)

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