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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: chudi malik <chudimalikjr2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 15:01:38 -0800
Subject: treat as very urgent please

Good Day Sir,

This is Chudi Malik and his mother ( Marriam) from the Republic of Southern
Sudan, we just arrive the Ghana boarder with a small trunk box containing
$2.5million , my father was a manager to an Oil company in my country
before he was killed by rebel soldiers and my mother is a renown caterer
who works with one of the big manufacturing industry in my country as the
chief caterer but we told the official that the box contains personal
effects.

Sir i got your contact from one United Nation Missionary who came to my
country to preach on a crusade which was held by my church, the man told us
that you are a good and reliable person and you are also a trustworthy
person with influence.not just that he told us that you can help us manage
my late father's funds as my beneficiary in oversea.

Yesterday at about 8.30pm when we arrived the Ghana boarder entry Ghana
there i and my mother was held by some group of men who were on guard at
the Exit of the boarder with my box as we were crossing to Accra that we
should pay for the boarder charge before they will allow us cross with the
box.

with our intention we had in mind that when we get to Accra we will look
for a suitable hotel to lodge first so that from there we will open the box
to get some cash to send to you for you to come and take me and my mother
to your country to start investing the funds and i will be going to school
and my mother will start her catering business.

As we were standing so helpless and confuse there one of the guards told us
that we should not worry that he will get in touch with their Chief
Commander to hear what he will say but we will have to pass the night here
at the boarder, so it was this morning when the Chief Commander came to the
office he met me and my mother and he gave us some interview by asking our
name, country , age and educational and family background.

Please sir i want you to get in touch with the Chief Custom Commander now
his name is Chief Custom Commander Awana Chew on this , email :
awanalesliechew@gmail.com <barr_a_addojr_chambers@yahoo.com> telling him
that you are my foreign beneficiary which i am coming to Accra Ghana to
deliver the trunk box to you in your country.

get in touch with him now and get back to me.

Thanks and God Bless you.

Chudi Malik. treat as very urgent please

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