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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.Amanda Kofi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.amandak@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:31:57 -0400
Subject: Help My Daughter

Hello Dear !
I am Mrs.Amanda 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 man for more children according to our 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$11.5Million 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 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. Amanda.

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