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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: "Charles" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kotokairportcargo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 11:14:59 -0700
Subject: RE:DELIVERY UPDATE,

Attention:
 
This is to notify you that after proper investigation from the Task Force Mobilization Department Unit at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra Ghana, we discovered one trunk box identified as family treasure value millions of dollars in your name at the Civil Aviation Custom Department.
Sir, as His Excellency, the elected New President of Ghana (Nana Akufo-Addo) has announced the delivery of all consignment to the owners as his first assignment in other to ease the pressure on government,customers has  to provide their delivery address immediately without further delay to their destination without further delay. You are hereby advised to reconfirm  your delivery address to enable us register your consignment among the others and delivered to your destination in your country.
Kindly provide the following information:
Beneficiary Name and Delivery Address:
Direct Phone number and a copy of your identification:
As soon as this information is receive  from you, your consignment shall be send to the shipping company and register your consignment for immediate shipment.This approval was given  from the Ministry of Interior as the rightful owner to the consignment.
We are waiting to hear from you soon.
Yours Faithfully
Charles Hanson Adu
Kotoka Int'l Airport Operations Director.
Reply to (kotokairportcargo@gmail.com)
This message is intended solely for the addressee or email bearer. Do not copy, reproduce, disseminate or distribute its content. If you have received this in error, you are advised to destroy or delete immediately.Going contrary to this warning may be unlawful.
 

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