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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: chuks antwi <chuks_antwi@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:08:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Thanks for your mail


Dear Amarjit,
First i must thank you so much for having time to reply my mail,
Regards to your request there is one thing i personally belive as a human being, oppornity in life always comes once in life, and i will appriciate so much if you can make inquiry about my idenity, as you can see i should have reply your mail but i was busy taking care of my sick mother who was addimitted in a private hospital here in accra.

And i suggest we can handle this on phone for now untill my sick mother can recover from her sick bed.

You made mention of giving some amount of money to some people in cote vore, pleaae i am very sorry.

Waiting to hear from you, please you can reach me on cell phone +233 244176194

Thanks and God bless
Chuks Antwi.


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