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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: Nayaa Kwabena Kofi <nayaa.kwabenai44@rodap.com.br>
Reply-To: nayaa.kwabena@accountant.com
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:03:20 -0300
Subject: swift acknowledgement

Hello and how are you doing, i just came across you here on my
google+ account now

Am a banker working with Zenith Bank here in Accra Ghana i wrote this
to contact you over a very important business transaction which will
be of our interest and benefit to our both families.

In 2007, one of our customer who have same Name as yours and has your
country in his file as his place of origin, made a fixed deposit for
36 months,
valued at $20,700,000.00 with my bank. I was his account officer
before I rose to the position of Managing Director. The maturity date
for this deposit contract was 27th of September 2010. Sadly he was
among the death victims in the September 2009 earthquake in Indonesia
that left over 1,200 people dead while on vacation trip with family.

Since the last quarter of 2010 until today, the management of my bank
has been finding means to make contact so as ascertain if any roll
over should be done on behalf of the Deposit or how the contract sum
will be withdrawn. When I discovered that this will happen, I have
tried to think up a procedure to preserve this fund and use the
proceeds for business.

Some directors here have been trying to find out from me the
information about this account and the owner, but I have kept it
closed because, I know that if they become aware that the account
owner is late, they will corner the funds for themselves. Therefore,
am seeking your co-operation to present you as the one to benefit from
his fund at the death of the account owner since you have the same
name, so that my bank headquarters will pay the funds to you. I have
done enough inside bank arrangement, and you only have to put in your
details into the information network in the bank computers and reflect
you as his next of kin.

If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain 50% of
the funds while 50% shall be for me. i await your swift response


Sincerely.

Nayaa Kwabena Kofi,
Manager Of Bills and Exchange.


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