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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: Afetsi Kofi Awoonor-Williams <aawoonorwilliams@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Afetsiko@gmx.com
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:01:18 +0100
Subject: DEAR SIR/MADAM PLEASE KINDLY READ OUR LIFE STORY


Hello dear

Please exercise a little patience and read through our mail also kindly
allow me to introduce ourselves to you, our names are Afetsi Kofi
Awoonor-Williams I’m 26 years old male from Ghana West Africa, and my kids
sister Miss. Cindy Kofi Awoonor-Williams 24 years old, Cindy is my only
sister and the only daughter of our late parents our beloved mother died
July 2005 and i and my only sister are the only living children of our
Late Father Prof. Kofi Awoonor-Williams. Our Late Father is well known as
Ghanaian poet and one of the African distinguished literary figures, he
served as Ghana’s ambassador to Brazil and Cuba in 1980s, as well as United
Nations envoy during the 1990-94 presidency of Jerry Rawlings. I and my
Father were among the scores of people killing by Al Qaeda-aligned
terrorists, who attacked a busy shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya on
September, 21, 2013. When members of Al Shabab, a Somali-based militia,
seized the Westgate Shopping Mall in a hail of bullets in Kenya's worst
terrorist attack, my father died but i was badly injured but i made it to
life by the grace of God. As you can read more about the incident with some
pictures and a video after the attack in Westgate Shopping Mall with the
link below also you can Google out and to see everything unfold before you
respond to my message:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2432943/Kenya-Westgate-mall-attack-video-shows-gaping-chasm-3-storeys-collapsed-siege.html

Footage shows full extent of destruction to Westgate mall
The collapse came on Monday, shortly after four large explosions rang out
followed by billows of black smoke at the Westgate shopping centre in
Nairobi Kenya: www.dailymail.co.uk

Please reply via my privet email: Afetsiko@gmx.com


We are constrained to contact you because of what we have been passing
through the maltreatment which we have been receiving from our wicked
uncles who have planned to take away all our late father's treasury and
properties from us since the unexpected death of our beloved parents
because they feel and believed that no one is there to speak on our behalf
or to fight for us but they forgot that God is always there to speak for
the fatherless and homeless children, we were very lucky that our uncles
did not discover where my sister kept our father's File which contained the
most important documents of all our father owns while i was badly injured
and know nothing that happened but God used Cindy to act on my behalf.
Presently we are staying in (Damba refugee camp Ouagadougou sector 19 off
mali road Burkina Faso) that’s the camp address we drop out from school
because of the kind maltreatment we are receiving for our wicked uncle, Now
seeking for your long term relationship and business investment assistance
from you to get our inheritance fund transferred so that we can go back to
our studies. My father of blessed memory deposited the total sum of $23.3
Million USD with the United Bank for Africa here in Burkina Faso in my name
as the next of kin so i have to carry my sister along with me. Now I had
contacted the Bank to clear the deposit but the Regional Bank, Manager told
us that our beloved father place an instruction on the fund that we must
present a foreign trustee who will help me in investment of the fund.
However, he advised us to provide a legal trustee an investor who will
stand on my behalf for the transfer clearance. I wanted to inform my uncle
about the deposit but I am afraid he will offer us nothing after the
release of the fund because he’s threatening to kill me after selling some
of our Father's properties.

Please we are seeking for your helping hand in transferring our
inheritance fund into a save account while we will relocate to your country
to settle down with you as our new parents or whatever thing you may wish
to take us. As you indicate your interest to help us I will give you the
account information and the bank branch contact where our late beloved
father deposited the fund with my name as the next of kin. However It is
our intention to offer you 30% out of the total fund transferred to
compensate for your assistance after the transfer and the balance shall be
our investment in any profitable venture which you will recommend to us as
we have no idea about any business/foreign investment.

Please forgive my manners i am not trying to distrust you but a lot of
things are happening in the world today so i don’t trust peoples photos any
longer so i will imprecate it the most if we have a live video chat maybe
on (WhatsApp/Skype as you may wish) then i will your face and you see ours
too before we can move on without video call NO deal so if you agreed with
me let me know so that will give you our (WhatsApp/ Skype) Hopefully to
hear from in no distance time thanks and may God bless.

Please reply via my privet email: Afetsiko@gmx.com

Tel +22666164754
SkypeID: Williams Kofi
Yours Sincerely
Mr. Afetsi Kofi Awoonor-Williams

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