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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. Jerry Wilson Akunfi" <christopherakunfi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 07:21:29 +0530 (IST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP

Dear. Sir,

Lets work This it out together.

(Keep This Mail Top Secret)

Please carefully read and understand my reason of contacting you through
this email. I'm contacting you now,and I believed that you are reliable,
trustworthy and honest person to introduce this transfer Investment
project with. My name is Mr. Jerry Akunfi (Jnr).I am the Chief Security
Officer in the Security Company, Accra-Ghana, On November 2007, One Mr.
Hussein Ahmed Omar from Iraq National, a Gold dealer. who runs gold
business in my country Ghana to Asia, whom I was accounting officer made a
numbered time Deposit 1 Trunk Box, valued at USD$10.5Millon Dollars ( Ten
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) for twelve calendar
months in our company.

I am the Chief Security Officer in the Security Company, Accra-Ghana, I am
a Ghanaian. I am glad to hear you are from such good country thanks.

Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered that Mr. Hussein Ahmed Omar from Iraq, with his wife and two
children / parents was died with his family in a bomb blast in Iraq. My
investigation proved that he died with his supposed next- of- kins in the
bomb blast. The Trunk box total sum, USD$10.5 Millon Dollars is still in
our Company and the demurrage is being rolled over with the principal sum
at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.

Consequently, I shall present you to stand in as the next- of- kin to the
late Mr. Hussein Ahmed Omar. Consequently, upon acceptance of this
proposal, I will give you detailed information on how this deal would be
carried out. The money will be shared in the ratio: (60%) for me, (35%)
for you, the remaining (5%) will be kept to recover any expenses made
during the process of the transfer into your account which include both
our telephone bills.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as
the Chief Security of OPERATIONS' Officer to secure approvals and
guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. I want you to
handle everything for me.

I have the trust in you and I know that you will not disappoint me; I
don't need to know you for many years to trust you. If you have an idea of
what should be done to being the money out of Africa, please tell me I
need you’re advice seriously and I have the impression that you are a nice
gentle person. Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is
required. On your reply include your private full contact details
information as bellow.

1. Your Age
2. Your Occupation
3. Your full complete names.
4. Your direct mobile telephone / fax number.
5. Your fiscal current address or Office Address were the Trunk Box will
be delivered to you.
6. A copy of your international passport or your driving license for
identification.

I will be waiting for your urgent response for more details.


Best regards,
Mr. Jerry Wilson Akunfi
christopherakunfi@gmail.com

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