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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: "Barr Koffie Ayang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrkoffie@hotmail.co.za>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:01:17 -0800
Subject: Solicitors

Koffie Ayang
No. 899 / 3 10th Crescent
Asylum Down
Cantonments
Accra-Ghana


Good day,

I am contacting you because I am looking for a partner in the realization of a project. First of all I would like to introduce myself, I am Barr Koffie Ayang, I live in Accra , Ghana and practicing as an attorney at the Akwaaba Solicitors, and I have a rather unusual feature for you. So this annual request not only for me but also for you ungewöhnlich.Ich is white, you do not know me and I do not know you, this business is due to the fact that my late client was getotet from his native Uganda, because of his homosexual orientation.

My late client Mr. David Kato has filed the documents about his fortune with me, before he suddenly died in his ghost. Its assets amount to $ 120 million U.S. dollars. I'll give you more information as soon as I know I have your trust. In this link you will learn the circumstances of his demise:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12295718
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35160634 # 34,283,419

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35160634 # 34,249,049

Here's my offer: I will declare it as the heirs of Mr. Kato and claim the fortune for your cooperation and I'll give you 30% of fortune. Since I am the lawyer of the deceased, there is no problem to obtain the necessary documents within a short time and the investment firm to submit. Since my client died, I am asked to submit his will to be mentioned in which the heir must. Mr. David Kato but has left no will, so I need an heir. I can name an heir, the inheritance goes to the state and is thus lost.
For obvious reasons, I would ask you to treat as confidential, if you are willing to act as the heir to this furtune please kindly indicate your intrest by sending me your full contact informations so that communication will not be a problem. reply me through this my private e mail- {barrkoffie@hotmail.co.za} i will want us to be fast in this matter because I always come under more time pressure.

Let me know if you can think of a transaction to be performed at this altitude.

Please answer me even if you have no interest, so I can continue my search timeliness. However, if you should have interest, I am pleased to have found someone to help me in the initiation of the inheritance, so that the fortune is not lost.
please respond only to this e-mail and I'll tell you, in a nutshell my direct inward dialing.

Sincerely,

Barr. Koffie Ayang
Senior Associate
Akwaaba Solicitors

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