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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: "Prince Koffe Otumfou" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <prince.koffeotumfuo@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 22:14:58 +0530
Subject: GOLD FOR SALE

 
 
 
 
Dear Sir,
 
I'm Prince Koffe Otumfuo the 4th son of the late King Otumfuo Opoku ware II whose demise occur following a brief illness. Before the death of my father, King
 
Otumfuo Opoku ware II, I was authorised and officially known as the next successor and beneficiary of my father's property according to African Traditionalrite.
 
 
Most of my father's wealth includes Gold and Diamond worth the following qualities.
 
(1) 55kg alluvial gold dust Best quality
 
(2) 22 karat
 
(3) 9.0 purity Colour : Brown (unpolished)
 
 
As a result of polygamous family, there has been a dead luck over the issue of division of my father's property between members of my family and community as
 
a whole. In conjunction with this, the thrown which is only left to my brother as the eldest man in the family is been battled by the member of the twenty
 
one hamlet that made up of Ashanti kingdom.This ugly situation made me to secretly move the gold dust having the above mentioned qualities into a security and finance firm with the assistance of my
uncle whom serves as a secretary to Ashanti council of elders.
 
 
If you are interested to buy it just contact me or just look for a buyer for me.
I have promise to run the deal with you, base in the degree of sincerity and trust in you. Having receive your reply, I will feed you with the relevant
information covering the Gold.
 
Note, I and my mother hoped heavily on this transaction. Please reach me through my e-mail address ( prince.koffeotumfuo@yahoo.com ) to avoid much
 
publicity.Or contact ( authorrenemo2@gmail.com )
 
 
Thanks.
Prince Koffe Otumfou
Yours faithfully,
 
 

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