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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: Alex kwame <alexkwame111@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 14:20:28 -0700
Subject: Greetings from Anna kwame ,


Greetings from Anna kwame ,

I know you will be surprise to read my email and I also believe that you
are honesty person. I got your email contact from a computerize data
following my effort searching for a trustworthy person to assist me. Please
i need your help to come to your country and invest my funds.

My name is Anna kwame and my brother is Alex kwame, we are the only
children of late Dr and Mrs Yaya kwame, Our late father was a big Exporter
of Gold when he was alive. And he was also the General overseer of Gold
Mine in Yamoussoukro Côte D'Ivoire.

My father and my mother was killed by the Forces Republicans of Côte
D'Ivoire (FRCI) in Côte D'Ivoire Civil War.And before the death of my
father he gave us a secret concerning money he deposit in a Bank in Ghana.
He deposits the sum of 18,000.000.00 US Dollar in the name of my brother
Alex as the next of kin.

I am looking for a capable person that will be able to assist us to
invest/manage our inheritance fund ($18. million US dollars) which our late
father left behind for us and this is why I contacted you seeking for your
assistance.

Please we need your kind attention to provide us a safe bank account to
transfer the money and to help us to come to your country where you will
help us to invest the money into Real-estate or in any other secured
profitable investment you know you can manage it well on our behalf I am 21
years old and my brother 17 years old We are from Ivory Coast but living in
Accra Ghana now.

Please help us and transfer this money to your Account and you will not
regret it because you are the one who will help us to invest the money
because we do not know anything about business or investment so do not tell
anyone about it because out fathers relatives made some attempts on our
life in order to inherit my fathers wealth, so due to this attitude of my
father's relatives, we decided to run out of Côte D'Ivoire to Ghana where
we are presently living now.

Please help us and transfer this money to your Account and you will not
regret it because you are the one who will help us to invest the money
because we do not know anything about business or investment so do not tell
anyone about it because out fathers relatives made some attempts on our
life in order to inherit my fathers wealth, so due to this attitude of my
father's relatives, we decided to run out of Côte D'Ivoire to Ghana where
we are presently living now.

Please this fortune I have revealed to you should remain confidential as it
is only you who i have tell about this money my late father deposit in my
name as the next of kin, so do not tell anyone about this OK.

Remain Blessed
Anna kwame

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