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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: Onyango Ohato <onohato1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: onorbort@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:31:23 -0700
Subject: Seeking your Assistance to invest some Funds.

Dear Sir,

l am looking for a trusted person who will assist me to invest for me an
amount available here.

The funds is ready to be invested into any viable project with an
experienced business plan. l have a suggestion of investing the funds in
building Hospital, Schools, building of a 5 stars Hotel or Estates for
development anywhere in the world that you can be sure to control better.
Furthermore, if there is any other viable project that you can advise, i
will be glad to discuss & agree with you as i need the funds put in the
system for profits and gains immediately. I am in Accra Ghana but once i
here from you, i will give you full details.

Feel free to get back to me as soon as you receive this message as i wait to
hear from you very shortly. .

Regards.
Kofi N Mensah.

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