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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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Fraud email example:

From: "\"princekwame84.gmail.com\" <princekwame84.gmail.com>"
<james123@mail.kz>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:50:06 +0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BLACK TO ME

Dearest

I humbly ask for your assistance to enable me transfer the money my
late father kept in a Merchant Bank (Ghana) Limited before he died,
into your
nominated account overseas. My name is Prince Kwame, my mother's name
is Madam Faith Kwame and my late father's name is King John Kwame.
He was a gold and diamond merchant from Ashanti region of Ghana in
West Africa, I am from a polygamous family and my father has six wives
and twenty-four children, am the eighth child and my mother is the
last wife of my father and he entrusted all his valuable documents to
her. Since we are from a polygamous home, after the death of my


father, the whole family has been deserted. Now my elder brothers,
sisters and their mothers are in search of my father's documents but
my mother who is in possession of the documents has refused to
disclose the custodian of the documents to them, because they are all
fighting for themselves and their selfish interest.
Right now all I want from you is your bank account number where we can
instruct the bank to transfer this money to you by telegraphic
transfer, which takes about three working days. We are making this
arrangement in order to avoid the rest of the children and their
mothers, because if they find out they will take everything from us.


Furthermore, we have contacted and requested to claim the funds and as
I write, all necessary machineries have been put in place to
necessitate the smooth transfer of the funds to any nominated bank
account of our choice.
The original documents of the transaction including the pin code have


been couriered to them by my Mother international Barrister. My mother
is the next of kin to my father's estates, as shown in the legal
documents, please kindly help us to effect this transaction, it is for
the mutual benefit of both parties, you will be entitle to 30% percent
of the funds, as the owner of the account, the total amount in the
bank is $40 Millions U.S Dollars sterling. Please reply immediately
with your Bank account details so that we can forward the information
to the bank to expedite the transfer immediately. Could you also
include your contact address, fax numbers and your private mobile
phone number for easy communication?

princekwame84.gmail.com
Kind regards.
Prince Kwame

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