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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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Fraud email example:

From: kojo_william1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 07:36:44 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20REPLY?=

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Kojo William personal assistant to late Mr.President Eyedama of
Togo who died last week ago.My boss Mr.President trusted the sum of $15m
to me that i should go and lodge the money in account in France whith any
Bank of my choice there.Before i could make an arrangement for the deposit
of the fund,what i heard is that the President has dropped dead.

I quickly move out the fund to a neibouring sister country called Ghana
and lodge the money in a security company there since there is nobody knows
any thing about the Money.

Now that this fund has been secured in a security company,what i want is
an honest individual not company who i will trust to go and claim this fund
on my behalf and hold it untill things became normal in my Country again
and then i will come over there in his own country for the sharing of the
Money as agreed by me and the person on percentage ground.

Please if you are intrested to help me please get back to me immediately
you recieve this mail.

Warmest Regards.

Sincerely Yours

Kojo William

Former P.A. to Late President Eyedama of Togo Rep.





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