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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: "Mr Kojo Kwadwo." <mokwus@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kojokwadwo@live.com
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:53:15 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: My Dear Friend




My Dear Friend,

I am sending this email to you informing you about these good news
that will change both of our lives.I am Mr Kojo Kwadwo, a staff in
the accounts management section with one of the prime Banks here in
this country. One of our accounts with holding balance of
US$17,000,000 (Seventeen Million US Dollars) have been dormant and
have not been operated for the years ago. From my investigations and
confirmations, the owner of this account, a foreigner by Name Mr
Nath died years ago and since then nobody has done anything as
regards the claiming of this money because he has no family members
who are aware of the existence of neither the account nor the
funds,he has not filed any details as whom is his next of kin that
will inherit his fortune.

Why i contacted you is that i want to use you as the next of kin of
the deceased because you are the Late owner of the funds answers the
same last name/surname. It will be very easy for me to use my high
rank position in this bank to process all necessities for the bank
to approve the transfer of the funds to you as the next of kin to
the late owner of the funds.The deceased did not officially state
any next of kin in his account particulars when opening the account
with our bank,so,i want to file in your name in the accounts records
making you the next of kin and beneficiary of the funds.

This transaction is totally free from any risk ,there is no risk
involved in future after we inherit the funds.I assure you that you
will never regret doing this business with me in future. I assure
you that your interest in this transaction will be well protected by
me. I will give you 40% for your assistance in helping me to inherit
the funds while i take 60%.I hope

this sharing ratio is well accepted by you.
I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

Regards,
Mr Kojo Kwadwo.

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