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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: Chief Frank Ajara <kthornton@rvusd.org>
Reply-To: frankajara@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 00:28:38 -0700
Subject: My Dearest Friend


Hello Friend

Please permit me for contacting you through this media with such a
proposal.It is wise to say that luck occurs when opportunity meet
preparedness. It is preparedness that grants the ability to realize the
full potentials of opportunity when it comes our way; it then enables us
to take advantage rightly.It is about an opportunity which is presently at
hand, but which must be handled with utmost care and caution.

Nevertheless, I am taking the risk of contacting you through your country
chambers of commerce after several weeks of deliberation with my
colleagues, only with the hope that you will not report to the Police,
FBI, CIA or the IRS, since we believe that it will rather do you a lot
good to cooperate with us than to ruin such an opportunity that will
continue to positively touch lives even after us.In contribution to your
proper understanding, I make haste to quote from the Robert Greene’s Book,
48 Laws Of Power; “Use the wisdom, knowledge and legwork of other people
to further your own cause. Not only will it save you valuable time and
energy, it will give you a godlike aura of efficiency and speed. In the
end, the source or your helpers will be forgotten and you will be
remembered.

I am Chief Benson Utah, a civilian attached to the Ghana Ports & Harbors
Authority.I am a Ghanaian by national and a South African by birth.It all
started in the early hours of a fateful day, 14th of September, 2011 when
three of my Customs colleagues and I intercepted two gigantic metal boxes
at the Tema Ports. The goods were actually coming from an un-disclosed
neighboring country, believing to be owned by an Ex-President who is
presently under the UN Security Council, facing charges of war crimes,
loots and human right abuses.However, the escorts of the goods who never
expected our bold interference since the boxes were all tagged “Diplomatic
Luggage” disappeared as I finally ordered my junior officers to run a scan
on the box. Their disappearance and absence on the date of the scan gave
me a lot of suspicion, so I then decided to make the operation very secret
from that of the general official duties.


The scan was indeed carried out and result of the contents was exactly
what I suspected. Proof Mint Notes of United States Dollar Bills in 100
denominations, amounting to twelve million.according to a document found
in one of the box. We transferred the box to a Security Firm and deposited
them in a vault under my name. Investigations and all efforts towards
locating the so-called owners proved abortive till date. Obviously this
is nothing but an opportunity and we have now concluded to take
advantage of it. Can you be trusted? Can we count on your ability,
integrity and sincerity?

I am willing to furnish you with complete details once I receive your
favorable reply.
Chief Frank Ajara


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