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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: "Keita Mohamed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <keitamohamed1@gmx.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 03:17:32 +0100
Subject: Urgent Respond.

Greetings to you.
 
May I please use this medium to introduce myself to you? I am Keita Mohamed 25 years old boy. I humbly ask for your assistance to enable me receive (1) Trunk Box which was deposited by my late father here in Ghana.
 
This box was deposited by my late father in a security company here in Ghana. I am a citizen of Ivory Coast, due the crises in my country Ivory Coast, my father has saved this fund of $7.4M USD in the security company here in Ghana; I am presently at the refugee camp.
 
All i want from you is to help me claim this box out from the security company and help me invest it in a profitable business so that I can continue my education.
 
I want to plead with you if you can come down here to Ghana so that i can take you personally to the security company as my late fathers business partner to claim the fund.
 
I have all necessary documents with me to claim the fund without any problem. And I will offer you 40% of the fund when you have helped me.
 
Kindly reply me as soon as you received my mail for more details..
 
Regards,
 
Keita Mohamed.
+233-545-351-533
keitamohamed@gmx.com

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