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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: David Ato Kwame <datokwame003@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 21:23:45 +0000
Subject: =?utf-8?B?QciZdGVwdCByxINz?= =?utf-8?Q?punsul_dum?=
=?utf-8?B?bmVhdm9hc3RyxIM=?= =?utf-8?B?4oCP4oCP4oCP?=

Salut pentru tine,

Numele meu este domnul David Ato Kwame o sucursală manager de bancă aici, în Ghana. După mai multe solicitanților oficiale de la biroul de comerț exterior a camerelor noastre de Comerț și Industrie, am decis să vă contacteze direct pentru asistență.

Sunt interesat să transfere în țara dumneavoastră prin ajutorul tău. Sunt în Ghana în prezent și am suma de nouă milioane patru sute de mii de dolari SUA pe care aș dori să transfere în contul dvs. și să investească în țara dumneavoastră, dacă este posibil.

Am făcut acest bani (9,400,000.00 dolari SUA) din filiala profitului meu exces pentru anul fiscal 2010. Te-am ales pentru că eu nu pot fi direct implicați pentru că eu sunt încă de lucru cu banca, sper că vă puteți înțelege situația mea și mă ajuta să primească și să investească acești bani în mod corespunzător, deoarece aceasta este singura mea speranță. Veți primi 30% din fondul total, Comisia pentru dvs. simpatic cooperare în timp ce 70% vor fi pentru mine.

Dacă acceptați această ofertă, voi aprecia răspunsul dumneavoastră la timp.

Cu respect,

Dl David Ato Kwame.

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Greeting to you,

My name is Mr. David Ato Kwame a branch bank manager here in Ghana. After several official enquirers from the foreign trade office of our Chambers of Commerce and Industry, I decided to contact you directly for assistance.

I am interested to transfer in your country through your assistance. I am in Ghana presently and I have the sum of Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars which I would like to transfer into your account and invest in your country if possible.

I made this money (US$9,400,000.00) out of my branch office excess profit for the 2010 fiscal year. I choose you because I cannot be directly involved for I am still working with the bank, I hope you can understand my situation and assist me to receive and invest this money properly as this is my only hope. You will get 30% of the total fund as commission for your sympathetic co-operation while 70% will be for me.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response.

With respect,

Mr. David Ato Kwame.

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