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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:
Reply-To: <mr.davidquist@btinternet.com>
Date:
Subject: In Respect To The Late Professor Kofi Awoonor

I want to use this medium to seek for your partnership agreement over a contract fund deposited in the late Prof. Kofi Awoonor  account in Yorkshire bank London, I want to solicit your interest  to be my partner to enable me process this deposited funds by my late boss who I work for as his accountant and he died recently in the Nairobi Kenya Mall Shopping gunshot, enclosed is the link story of his death.
 
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/09/2013922131223284726.html
 
Therefore I want you to received this funds as new fund administrator because the fund was previously approved by the Economic Community of West Africa States for the contract purpose to purchase foreign farm machinery to Ghana FarmerAssociation as Ecowas Empowerment scheme. which late prof.won the contract agreed to purchase and supply to the farmers the farm machinery to improve agriculture in West Africa and kept the fund in the bank before his death.
 
The fund is now abandon over there in London since nobody knows where Late Prof. Awoonor kept the fund except me his accountant, so I want to appoint you partner to late Prof. Kofi Awoonor, and for his attorney to carry out power of attorney on your name to carry out the legal of processing the funds to your name as the new beneficiary to the late professor Kofi Awoonor who is the formal Chairman of the Council of State Republic of Ghana and alsoGhanas Ambassador to the United Nations previously , so we are to process the change of this fund legally to yourname to prevent any hitch and also 40% of the funds to you while 60% of the funds to me and we shall sign an MOU agreement.
 
If you accept kindly confirm your personal details, Full name, country of origin, International passport or driver's license, Telephone Number, Fax Number and Residential Address, so that i will know we in business more details or information of the fund will be send to you for verification.
 
Regards
Mr. David Quist
Financial Adviser to Council of State Republic of Ghana

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