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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: "michael boateng" <michaelandboateng005@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:37:32 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

I am Michael Boateng,a 34 years old Ghanian and presently a staff of the
Ghana High Commision in Nigeria.Just three(3) days ago, I have been
contacted and briefed by Mrs.Agatha.Ibru here in Nigeria whose late
husband,Mr.Peter Ibru,an Oil Investor made fixed deposit sum of
$20,000,000(Twenty Million USD) into 2(two)sealed trunk boxes with a
financial institution in Accra,Ghana in 2002.She has entrusted in me to
engage your foreign partnership's service in the transfer and management of
the deposit funds for investment purpose in any country of your choice.If
this proposal is acceptable to you, please get back to me, so that we can
work out a remuneration for your participation in the transaction,and also
let you know on how we hope to acheive this objective.

Best Regards,
Michael Boateng

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