419 scam: Mr Kofi Darkwa <h_ofori0002@yahoo.de> From Mr. Kofi Darkwa

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Kofi Darkwa <h_ofori0002@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: mrkofidarkwa01@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:18:27 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Mr. Kofi Darkwa

>From Mr. Kofi Darkwa
My name is Mr. Kofi Darkwa, I am the regional manager of the United Bank for Africa, in the western region of Ghana. I got your information during my search through the Internet. I have 44 years old, married with two lovely children. You may be interested to know that I am a man of peace and do not want problems, I just hope we can help each other.
If you do not want this business offer kindly forget it as it will not contact you again.
I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the regional manager of the United Bank for Africa, it is my duty to send in a flap! ancial report to my head office in the capital Accra at the end of each year. During the last year 2011 end of year report,
I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made one million five hundred thousand dollars [1,500.000.00] which my head office do not know and never will notice. I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money, so this informed my contacting you for us to work so you can attend receive this money into your bank account for us to share.While you will have 50% of the total fund note.
There is virtually no risk, will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your bank account designated. If you accept this offer to work with me, I appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your reply I shall detail about how we can achieve successfully.We should review the details once I receive your urgent response Best regards,
Mr. Kofi Darkwa

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