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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: "Mr. James Mensah" <james.mensah52@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: james_mensah50@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 23:38:41 +0100
Subject: Kindly grant us this opportunity to introduce our company to you!

From: Mr. James Mensah
Tel:+233 24 2138462.
Fax:+233 21 287126

Dear Sir / Madam,

Kindly grant us this opportunity to introduce our company to you.

We run a consultancy firm in the Rep of Ghana in West Africa and we specialize in the promotion of Agricultural produce like the Cocoa seeds,Maize and cotton.
We promote selling of these produce for the local farmers and owners of such looking out for interantinal and local buyers.

Presently we have our disposal 1600 tons of Cocoa seeds which is ready for sell. If you are interested,do get in touch with us . We are ready to give you further information about this parncular stuff as well as presentation of relevant legal documents covering the Cocoa seeds. If you are interested please give us below information.

1. Your full name:...........................
2. Your Address:............................
3. Company name: ...........................
4. Position in Company:.....................
6. Age:.....................................
7. Nationality:............................ .
8. Telepone ............................
9. Mobil: ...................................
10. Fax:.................................
11. Country of residence:......................

We look forward to your response
Thank you
Yours truly,
James Mensah.


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