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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: "Barrister Koffi Mensah Chambers" <kofimensah@lawyer.com>
Reply-To: "Barrister Koffi Mensah Chambers" <barrkoffimensah@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 03:46:25 -0700
Subject: FROM BARRISTER KOFFI MENSAH

ATTENTION:PARTNER,

SIR, I HAVE TO SAY THIS I WANT BOTH OF US TO COME TO AN 

UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I WANT US TO DO THIS TOGETHER I DON,T NEED 

YOU TO DIRECT ME TO ANY ONE IN MY COUNTRY BECAUSE THERE ARE LOT 

OF PEOPLE CLAIMING TO BE THIS AND THAT SO I DON,T NEED THEM.
IF THEY ARE REALLY WHO THEY ARE THEY WOULD HAVE DELIVERED TO YOU 

LONG AGO SO JUST YOU AND I AND MY CLIENT
THANK YOU


                                                 

                           MY  PROPOSAL

I AM BARRISTER KOFFI MENSAH OF MENSAH,S CHAMBER,S ATTACHED TO THE 

PRESIDENCY REPUBLIC OF GHANA AND A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
ATTACHED TO THIS EMAIL IS MY BAR I.D AND PICTURES OF MY CLIENT 

AND BIRTH CERTIFICATE, MY CLIENT MISS FAITH BROWN A NATIVE OF 

SUDAN WAS BORN OF A CHRISTIAN  FAMILY, SHE AND HER LATE BROTHER 

WHO DIED TWO YEARS AGO DUE TO THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING THEIR 

INHERITANCE CAME INTO  GHANA FOUR YEARS AGO THEN THE YOUNG GIRL 

WAS JUST 16 YRS OF AGE NOW SHE IS 20 YRS NOW.

NOW LET ME GIVE YOU THE FULL DETAILS OF THIS PROPOSAL .
MY CLIENT CAME INTO GHANA FOUR YEARS AGO TRYING TO GET THEIR 

INHERITANCE OUT OF THIS COUNTRY TO A WELL KNOWN BENEFICIARY THAT 

CAN ASSIST THEM IN INVESTING THE FUNDS OVERSEAS BUT IN THE 

PROCESS SHE LOST HER BROTHER AND AGAIN SHE SUFFERED IN THE HANDS 

OF FRAUDSTERS  WHO TRIED TO RUN AWAY WITH THE MONEY AND LATER WAS 

CAUGHT IN NIGERIA BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND NIGERIAN INTELLIGENT 

OFFICERS OF THE LAW , SO PRESENTLY THE FUNDS ARE IN THE VAULT OF 

THE UNITED NATION PEACE KEEPING BUILDING HERE IN GHANA, I WAS 

OPPORTUNED TO BE THE YOUNG GIRL,S ATTORNEY BY THE GHANAIAN  

GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE SHE GET A BENEFICIARY TO HELP HER GET THE 

MONEY OUT AND HELP HER INVEST IT AND GIVE HER GOOD EDUCATION 

AGAIN IN YOUR COUNTRY .

MY CLIENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR TO ME THAT I SHOULD MAKE YOU 

UNDERSTAND THAT SHE IS READY TO GIVE YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL CASH 

AND 5% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF IN-CASE YOU SPEND MONEY TO ASSIST 

HER SO MAKING A TOTAL OF 35% WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $20 MILLION 

UNITED STATES DOLLARS.THIS IS CLEAN CASH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 

HEAR SIR.

MAYBE YOU MIGHT ASK FOR DOCUMENTS ALL WAS TAKEN FROM HER BY THE 

MEN INVOLVED IN THE RUN AWAY OF HER FUNDS AND NOW EVERY 

DOCUMENTATION GOT LOST IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT BATTLE I FOUGHT 

WITH THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT, THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE AFRICAN 

UNION FOR ME TO PROVE THAT SHE IS THE OWNER OF THE FUNDS BECAUSE 

THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA WAS AWARE AND THEY WENT BACK TO SEE PAPER 

WORKS WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY WERE THE MONEY WAS LODGE BY HER 

LATE FATHER SO IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

NOW I HAVE CONTACTED THE OFFICER IN-CHARGE OF THE UNITED NATION 

HUMANITARIAN COMMITTEE ON HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS FUNDS GO STRAIGHT 

TO THE BANK TO TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY SO I WAS 

MADE KNOWN THAT ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS BELOW.

1) WE HAVE TO OBTAIN A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE FROM THE 

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE GHANA TO YOUR NAME SINCE YOU ARE THE 

BENEFICIARY WHY BECAUSE SHE IS TOO YOUNG TO HANDLE SUCH FUNDS
THEN TWO

2) A POWER OF ATTORNEY SIGNED AND SEALED BY MY CLIENT THAT YOU 

ARE THE SOLE HEIR TO THE HER INHERITANCE.



THIS IS ALL WE NEED TO OBTAIN

AFTER THIS TWO DOCUMENTS WE ARE NOT GOING TO SPEND A DIME AGAIN 

IF BY ANY CHANCE AFTER WE GET THE MONEY TO OBTAIN THIS TWO 

DOCUMENTS AND I COME FOR MORE DISCONTINUE WITH THE TRANSACTION 

AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO MAKE THE 

TRANSFER SUCCESSFUL WILL BE TAKEN OUT FROM THE PRINCIPAL FUNDS 

WHEN THE MONEY LEAVES THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE
NOW TO OBTAIN THIS TWO DOCUMENTS IS GOING TO COST US SOME MONEY 

IF REALLY YOU ARE INTERESTED CONTACT ME, ONCE YOUR RESPONSE IS 

GOOD I WILL SEND YOU AN E-MAIL NOTIFYING YOU THE COST TO GET THE 

BOTH DOCUMENTS DONE .

SO ALL YOU NEED DO IS TO SEND ME THE PARTICULARS OF YOURS BELOW,

1) YOUR FRONT PAGE OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT SCANNED OR YOUR 

DRIVERS LICENSE SCANNED
2) YOUR WIRE TRANSFER DETAILS THAT IS YOUR BANK DETAILS
3) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS
4) YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER

AGAIN A UNITED NATION DIPLOMAT CAN DELIVER TO YOU AT YOUR 

DOORSTEP IN YOUR COUNTRY IT DEPEND ON THE MEANS YOU PREFER.



THIS IS ALL I NEED

SO IF THIS IS DONE WE ALL WILL BE HAPPY

SO I EXPECT YOUR RESPONSE AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL AND 

PLEASE KINDLY CALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS YOU OR BETTER STILL YOU CAN WRITE TO HER, 

BELOW IS HER EMAIL ADDRESS faithfrankb@outlook.com

SHE IS A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN SHE IS ALWAYS IN CHURCH.

THEN FOR HER COMING TO MEET YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY I WILL MAKE 

PAPERS FOR THAT DON,T WORRY JUST LETS GET THIS MONEY OUT FIRST


THANK YOU ONCE MORE

FROM 
BARRISTER KOFFI MENSAH 

              



N.B
AS SOON AS WE GET THE FUNDS OUT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS VAULT I 

WILL GET ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION COVERING THE TRANSFER 

AND I WILL SEND THEM TO YOU BY COURIER SERVICES TO ENABLE YOU SEE 

THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS VERY WELL

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