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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: "Handerson Kiko" <geodigit@minfra.gba.gov.ar>
Reply-To: handersojms@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 20:05:44 -0300 (ART)
Subject: Hello




Dearest,

My Name Handerson Kiko .i work with Global Access Bank in Ghana West
Africa. My late client shares the same Last name with you. He Die on Auto
crash with his family in South Africa 2012, May their soul rest in peace.
before his death he deposited the sum of $10,000,000.00 and since then no
body come to service his account with our bank.
In view of the Ghana Law of Succession, claims of this nature can only be
made by a surviving relative/ family member. Unfortunately his family
member was involve with the auto crash that took their life .Since his
death. All efforts made through some Private Investigators in Ghana have
revealed no link to any of his relatives, but i choose to contact you
because you answer the same name with him and it will be a good benefit if
we can do this business deal by submitting your name to the bank as the
next of kin to my late Client since you answer the same surname with him
and the bank will transfer total amount of Ten Million dollars into your
account then we share the money after the business.

With the applicable law of succession there is a duration within which
such claims must be applied for, and As a result I am under pressure from
the bank to present the next of kin or a relative who will claim the
funds, and failure to do this would legally allow The bank to report the
funds as unclaimed funds then bank will claim the money. It is therefore
my intention to introduce you as the next of kin to the bank, Please write
me here: handersojms@gmail.com or Tel: +233238147527 for more details

i want to introduce you to the bank as the next of kin to my late client
and the bank will transfer the money into your account then we share the
money after successful transfer within seven banking days because you
share the same last name with my late client and after the business i will
be coming to meet you in your country for investment.

Upon your decision of acceptance, the release of these funds in your favor
as beneficiary will be processed within two weeks. You would be entitled
to 50% of this fund. If you are willing to work with me on this, please
contact me via the above phone number or via email. In conclusion, it's my
concern to demand your ultimate honesty, co-operation and confidentiality
to enable us conclude this transaction. I assure you that this process
would be executed under a legitimate arrangement that would legally
protect you and I from any breach of any law. Please note; what drives my
interest here is not greed rather it would make no sense to allow this
huge amount of money to go to waste when we can take advantage of the
situation, and honestly if we don’t do this; it will still end up in
private pockets of people in government.

Best regards,
Handerson Kiko

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