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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: "Mrs. Grace Amanda Kofi" <henriserge47@gmail.com>
Reply-To: amanda12345k@ymail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:38:09 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear !


Hello Dear !
I am Mrs. Grace Kofi, from Republic of Ghana, I am married to Chief, Dr.
Richard Kofi who deals in Gold business, later became the Director General
of the Cooperation for twenty five years before he died mysteriously early
last year. We were married for twenty years God gave us a daughter, who is
19 years old now, and because of my husband love for me he refused to marry
another wife for more children according to African tradition.

My late husband died after a brief illness from food poison which lasted
for only four days, since his death I decided not to remarry or get another
child outside my matrimonial home, my husband’s relatives was responsible
for his death because they want to inherit the entire legacy since they
know I have no male child.Before the death of my husband he left the sum of
US$9.5Million with a bank here in Ghana. I am actually suffering from
cancer decease which my Doctor has confirmed that l wouldn't survive and my
daughter is still a little girl. Having known my condition and I don't want
to lose my only daughter, I decided to seek for your help to transfer this
fund and my daughter out of this country to your care since my Doctor told
me that I have a little time left due to my cancer problem.

I took this decision because I don't want to lose everything my husband has
worked for, and my husband relatives are not good at all, they are
responsible for the death of my husband in order to inherit all his
properties and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by those that
conspired for his death because they may return back to kill my daughter if
they have the opportunity, so please if you are willing to help me, kindly
reply back to me after that I will give you all the details including your
percentage for your assistance.l can give my telephone number if there is
need for you to speak with me.

Best regards
Mrs. Grace Kofi & Amanda

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