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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Yaw H Boko" <yaw.gdminners@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:44:27 +0100
Subject: MY FAMILY HISTORY AND INHERITANCE!!!


Kind Attn:
Dear Friend,
Hello and how are you doing.I am Mr.Yaw H. Boko. I hope all is well with you and your loved ones. I hope this time we can go into another successful transaction. Like the saying goes that opportunity only comes but once in a life time.I am happy to inform you that i have been made the spokesman (person) of my Royal Community in (Akwatia), a town in the Gold Producing part of Ghana, which is the largest Gold producing country in West Africa. I was made the spokesman after the death of my father last month. My father was sick for over 1 year before he finally gave up and that was why i could not contact you all this while. We have had problems with the previous regimes of our country over our rich Gold fields, but we have been favored by the present NDC administration, therefore we have been in mining operation since January 2008 till date, so we have a total of 1,000 kilograms of gold dust/bars and above presently which we intend to sell and use part ofthe proceeds to acquire Ultra Modern Mining Equipment to expand our mining capacity and skills. We also have our mining site in other West Africa Countries like, Sierra Leone,Guinea and Burkina Faso. We also have Diamond available in these mentioned countries.You are free to meet with us here in Ghana if you are interested on a round table discussion, with the following verifiable documents for your records and confirmation about my backgrounds and legitimacy.
1. Exploration gold samples and goldfield pictures.2. Work programmed for further exploration of hard rock gold ore deposit in our goldfields.3. Exploration license (extracts) copies.4. Certificate of Incorporation and Commencement of Business.5. Geological Survey and history of the goldfields and the surroundings.
Brief Info About Akwatia (my town):
Akwatia is a small town located in the Kwaebibirem District, Ghana (Eastern Region). Diamonds were first discovered along the River Birim, in an area nineteen miles northwest of Akwatia, in 1919. Over 100 million carats of Diamonds have been recovered from the area by the British Government (our colonial masters) before Gold was later discovered in my very location of the town. My town is a place where lucky farmers sometimes finds Nugget Gold and Diamonds in the ground during farming, mostly after major rain falls.The land of my entire community according to geological analysis has large deposit of Gold and Diamond and it is the only part of Ghana where you get 23+-karat purity of gold, others are below. Our advantage is that, my family rules over majority of the land within my area, therefore we don't operate on just one site. Another advantage is that, you find more Gold along the River Birim and we own majority of the land along the river (which is what brought about the dispute between the government and my family but that has long been settled). We also have the right, the power to negotiate and own any land of our choice within our community.I wish to assure you sincerely that we have enormous opportunities to benefit if your utmost cooperation, sincerity and confidentiality will be given to us.Also even if you are not prepared to buy our Gold or Diamond now, you can look for a buyer that will buy our Gold or Diamond through you so that you will benefit a commission from it as well and you stand the chance to be our mandate.So we seek direct and end buyer of our products and also intermediary/mandate who will be on commission for every transaction completed.
I will personally meet with you when you arrive here in Ghana for detail discussion right after confirmation of your acceptance to work with us. After your response, i will send you our Full Cooperate Offer (FCO) for Gold and also Manifest for Diamond depending on your interest or that of your buyer which will state our terms and conditions for the transaction and also price for our product.Please send email to: (yawboko_miners01@outlook.com) to confirm your willingness and ability, providing your direct phone numbers where I can call you.Thanks once again and God Bless you.
Regards,Mr. Yaw H. Boko.Email: yaw.gdminners@outlook.com

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