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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- amoah.koffi@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- in the way of my last wish. love, mrs.koffi amoah amoah.koffi@gmail.com barrister william tata +233545352343 (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Koffi Amoah" <info@noos.fr>
Reply-To: amoah.koffi@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:05:53 +0100
Subject:

My name is Mrs.Koffi Amoah, I am a dying woman who has decided to donate
what I
have to charity through you.
You may be wondering why I choose you. But someone has to be chosen. I am 70
years old and diagnosed for cancer about 2 years ago, immediately after the
death of my husband who had left me everything he worked for.

I have been touched by the lord to donate from what I have inherited from my
late husband to charity through you for the good work of humanity, rather
than allow my relatives to use my husbands hard earned funds inappropriately

I have asked the lord to forgive me all my sins and I believe he has, because
He is merciful. I will be going in for an operation, and I pray that I
survive the operation.

I have decided to WILL/Donate the sum $21million Dollars, to charity through
you for the good work of the lord, and to help the motherless, less
privileged and also for the assistance of the widows.

At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls, due to the fact that my
relatives are around me and I have been restricted by my doctor from taking
telephone calls because I deserve all the rest I can get.

d to charity through you. I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless
you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always extend the good work
to others.

If you are interested in carrying out this task, I will inform my Family
Lawyer so that he can arrange the release of the funds to you.
I know i have never met you but my mind tells me to do this, and I hope you
act sincerely. I will pay you 30% of this money if you will assist me because
I am now too weak and fragile to do things myself because of my cancer.

I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task
is accomplished, as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish,
due to the fact that I do not want relatives or family members standing in
the way of My last wish.

Love,
Mrs.Koffi Amoah
amoah.koffi@gmail.com
Barrister william Tata
+233545352343
williamtata77@gmail.com for more details.

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