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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. Stephen Raphael." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <straph1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 18:05:26 -0700
Subject: Request for Partnership Investment


Good Day
Re: Request for Partnership Investment.

It's my greatest pleasure to contact you based on your remarkable profile and have decided to work things out with you for the Future of my Family, though is true that this medium I choose to reach you (Internet) have been greatly abused by some dubious people and is hardly to believes someone you never met with before these days but still remain the fastest, surest and most secured medium of Communication.

This correspondence is unofficial and private and it should be treated as such and I guarantee you that this my transaction is Hitch free from all what you may think of, I promise you will have a cause to smile at last.

My name is Mr. Stephen Raphael, am a High Rank Officer with Ghana Customs in charge of CEPS Warehouse at the Kotoka International Airport Accra-Ghana.

I have interest investing there in your nice Country on your advice and guideline as Citizen since I have not been into business only serving my Government with dedication for the past 25years.

I am on compulsory terminal leave presently, leading up to my final retirement from public service due to my bad health condition am suffering from as a result of stroke attack and needed an investment partner or reliable Firm to invest money into within your Country and also come over for proper treatment.

I was motivated by things i read about your Country on Investment Laws protect foreigners/investment and is also one of the fastest growing economy Countries in the world, its economy is poised to triple within the next decade but I cannot invest there without involving your citizen to guide me through.

Kindly write me with more information about your Country investment Laws, am also interested going into NGO within your Country and help the Needy as little I can.

Regards,

Mr. Stephen Raphael.
Tel: 00233-263957475

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