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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: " Ken Kanda" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kenkanda_unitednation@secretarias.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 22:25:22 -0400
Subject: Compliment of the day

Dear Beneficiary,

How are you doing today?

Compliment of the day. This is H.E. Mr. Ken Kanda, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of The Republic Of Ghana to the United Nations. I was appointed in Ghana in respect to the UN secretary general Mr. Ban Ki-Moon to contact you regarding your long awaited two trunks boxes of consignment which are in the custody of the Ghana customs and airport control here in Kotoka International Airport Greater Accra Ghana.

Subsequent to a bipartite meeting held on the 23rd of August 2013, at the Presidential villa. It was unanimously agreed that a committee be put in place to ensure the release of all abandoned and unclaimed consignments, under the NEW PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL INITIATIVE (NPSI). This is as a result of several petitions from INDIVIDUALS, CO-OPERATE BODIES AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES on the failure to receive their various goods from the Ghana airport storage ware house.

This dis-congestion exercise under the NEW PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL INITIATIVES (NPSI) is set to liaise with any foreign beneficiaries or businessmen to lay hands on their respective goods and consignments, and also to assist and put smile on faces of foreign beneficiaries, investors, businessmen and people like you who has encountered a lots of disappointments over their various businesses here in West Africa for the past years, and as a result of this, the new president H.E John Dramani Mahama and his executive members decided to set up these very committee after the death of our late president H.E John Atta Mills.

Right now your two consignment boxes are among those to be delivered so that your total long waited funds of US$22 000, 000.00 (Twenty Two Million US Dollars) can be delivered to you in your country without any delay and that is the reason why I contacted you to discuss it with you.

So I will like you to forward me a copy of your international passport, ID card or driving license for identification, full name, fax number and delivery address to enable me proceed to get the two consignment boxes cleared and appoint a delivery diplomat that will commence on the delivery of your consignment boxes to you in your country immediately without any delay.

Note that calls are very important at this moment so you have to call me on my direct number immediately after you read my mail: +233236146066 / +233573761402 for better discussion on a mutual understanding. Reply me your full details/information via this email: kenkanda_unitednation@secretarias.com /unitednation@secretarias.com

Awaiting your urgent response at your earliest convenient.

H.E. Mr. Ken Kanda.
Direct Number: +233236146066 / +233573761402
Official Email Address: kenkanda_unitednation@secretarias.com
Office Email Address:unitednation@secretarias.com

AMBASSADOR & PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

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