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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: "dr.kofi james" <kofijames777@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:27:22 +0000
Subject: Greetings


>From Dr.Kofi James,
Phone: +233544059211

Greetings,

Please pay attention and understand my aim of e-mailing you today, my name
is Dr. Kofi James, regional branch manager Eco bank of Ghana. I ask you
consider this transaction with strict and utmost confidentiality. Being a
top executive at Eco bank, I discovered a numbered account with a credit
balance of $ 15.500, 000.00 USD (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand US
Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers (Late
Mr. Billy Lawrence) an American a gold merchant who unfortunately lost his
life and family, in an Auto Crash along abidipelle Drive Accra Capital city
of Ghana in September 7, 2004. With my position at the bank, I have all
access, secret details and necessary contacts to claim these funds without
any hitch. I only need your HELP as a foreigner to assume the beneficiary,
because my position as a civil servant and a staff of the bank does not
permit me or my relatives to make this claim. Therefore, I want you to
stand as the “Foreign Beneficiary", and I assure you of a perfect transfer
strategy that will be placed in your name legally, so that nobody will
suspect your claims.


For your assistance to achieve this greatness, you are entitled to 40% of
the total sum $ 15.500, 000.00 USD Upon consideration of the offer, please
provide me (Your full name, Contact address and your direct telephone/fax
number) to enable me re-profile the fund to your name as the beneficiary
and guide your contact with Eco bank of Ghana for the release and transfer
of the fund to any bank account of your choice. So, considering the volume
of discretion required for success of this project, i ask your reply to my
private email: kofijames16@outlook.com, feel free to call me on my
telephone no (+233544059211) for clear explanations. Thanking you in
anticipation of your immediate reply.

Regards,

Dr. Kofi James

Regional Branch Manager

Eco Bank of Ghana

Kaneshie Branch Ghana.
+233544059211

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