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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: "Sken" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:26:25 +0100
Subject: HELLO

Hello,

GOOD DAY.

I know this letter will be a surprise to you because we have not meet or know each other before but there is nothing i can do than to explain my situation to you.

Below is my situation and i need your help.

Good day and God bless you as you read this massage, I am by name Kenando Labosoa 25 years old boy from Kenya, My Mother was Late Miss Lorna Labosoa the former Kenyan Assistant Minister of Home and affairs who was among the plane that crash board in the remote area of Kalong’s western Kenya, Read more about the crash with the below web site. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya.crash/index.html

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment I am receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late mothers treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved mother. One day I opened my mother brief case and secretly found out that my mother deposited the sum of $7.5 million in One of the bank in Ghana with my name Kenanado Labosoa as the next of kin, then I visited Ghana to withdraw the money and take care of myself and start a new life, on my arrival in the bank in Ghana, the Bank Director whom I meet in person told me that my mother left an instruction to the bank, that the money should be release to me only when I present a trustee who will help me and invest the money overseas.

That is the reason why I am in search of a honest and reliable person who will help me and stand as my trustee for the Bank to transfer the money to his account for me to come over and join you. It will be my great pleasure to compensate you with 30% of the money for your help and the balance shall be my capital with your kind idea for me to invest under your control over there in your country.

As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will introduce to the bank as my foreign trustee who will help me to claim, receive and invest this money in his country on my behalf.

Yours Sincerely
Ken Labosoa

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