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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: desmond kodjo <desmond_kodjo@zwallet.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 05:31:39 -0500
Subject: BRIGADIER.GENERAL DESMOND KODJO

ATTN:MR.

THIS IS BRIGADIER.GENERAL DESMOND KODJO, I HAVE CONTACTED YOU FOR AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL,DESPITE I HAVE NOT MET WITH YOU FACE TO FACE BEFORE BUT I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE HER IN GHANA THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE AND RELIABLE TO HANDLE THIS TRANSACTION WITH ME.

I AM SEEKING YOUR ULTMOST HONESTY AND CONFIDENTIALITY ON THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION.



THERE WAS A CONTRACT THAT WAS TO BEB ISSUE OUT BY THE MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING WHICH I WAS THE HEAD OF THE COMMITTEE UNDER THE MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GHANA.

THE CONTRACT IS THE OVER-HAULING OF THE COUNTRY"DAM"WHICH GENERATES ELECTRICITY FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY,SO AN ESTIMATE OF $250M USD WAS ESTIMATED BY THE COMMITTE FOR THE PROJECT,WHILE AFTER MY ENQUIRIES FROM THE GERMAN COMPANY THAT WAS ISSUED THE CONTRACT,ME AND MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS OVER ESTIMATED BUT WE CANNOT RETURN THE FUND BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT,SO WE DECIDE TO SPLIT THE REMAINDER TO OURSELVES.



THE OVER LEFT IS $100M USD AND THE FACT THAT I AM THE HEAD OF THE COMMITTEE,I AM ENTILE TO $50MUSD WHICH I SUCCEFULLY DEPOSIT IN A RELIABLE BANK HERE IN ACCRA-GHANA.SO I WANT YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND FROM AFRICA HERE TO THE UNITED STATES FOR MY FAMILY INVESTMENT.

UPON YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONDS,WE WILL DISCUSS ON WHAT PERCENTAGE WE WILL INVOLVED.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS

ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

REGARDS,

BRIGADIER.GENERAL DESMOND KODJO (FRC) 00233242807052

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