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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: Kofi Awoonor <aawoonorwilliams@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kofi12@gmx.us
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:27:41 +0100
Subject: HI Dear sir/madam,


Dear sir/madam,


Please exercise a little patience and read through my mail,
kindly allow me the modesty of introducing myself to you, I am Afetsi Kofi
Awoonor-Williams I’m 26 years old male from Ghana West Africa, I am the
only Son of my Late Father Prof. Kofi Awoonor. My Late Father is well known
as a 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. My
Father and I were also among the scores of people attacked 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 was killed but my mother died during
childbirth.

You can read more about the incident with some pictures and a video after
the attack in Westgate Shopping Mall with the link below:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2432943/Kenya-Westgate-mall-attack-video-shows-gaping-chasm-3-storeys-collapsed-siege.html

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am
receiving from my wicked uncles who planned to take away all my late
father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my
beloved parents, I was very lucky that my uncle did not discover where I
kept my father's File which contained some important documents. Now I am
presently staying in a Mission refugee camp here in Burkina Faso seeking
for long term relationship and investment assistance. My father of blessed
memory deposited the sum of $7.350.000.00 Million with United Bank For
Africa here in Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin.

I had contacted the Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager told
me that my late father placed an instruction on the deposit that I must
present a foreign trustee who will help me invest the fund. However, he
advised me to provide a trustee who will stand on my behalf for the
transfer. I had wanted to inform my uncle about the deposit but I am afraid
that he will not offer me anything after the release of the money because
he threatens to kill me after selling some of my Father's properties.

Please I am seeking your help in transferring the money into your bank
account while I will relocate to your country to settle down with you or
find my way after the transfer. As you indicate your interest to help me I
will give you the account number and the contact of the bank where my late
beloved father deposited the money with my name as the next of kin. It is
my intention to compensate you with 30% of the total fund for your
assistance and the balance shall be my capital investment in any profitable
venture which you will recommend to me as I have no idea about foreign
investment.

Meanwhile i will like us to have a live video chat, so i will imprecate it
the most if you can make out time for us to have a live video chat on
(WhatsApp) before we move on, the video call will help us a lot and for
more understanding, so if you agree with me on the video chat let me know
to enable me to give you my number on (WhatsApp/) Hopefully to hear from in
no distance time thanks and may God bless.


Tel +226 67348705
Email: kofi12@gmx.us
Yours Sincerely
Afetsi Kofi Awoonor

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