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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: Rich Mkpuruoma <richogn01@laposte.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:41:39 +0100
Subject: From Master Rich Mkpuruoma

From Master Rich Mkpuruoma
Ghana in West Africa

Please i begged you in the name of God that makes you what you are i
need your help. I hope that you will read through this email and
understand how difficult things can be for someone in a particular
period of life, I introduce my self to you with all faith, trust and
hope you will understand to assist me not to betray me at the end.

My Name is Master Rich Mkpuruoma the only Son of Mr and Mrs Mitaram
Mkpuruoma i am 20 year old My father was a very wealthy Gold Merchant
in Monrovia the Gold Capital of republic of Liberia all in west Africa.

My father was poisoned to death last two years by his brother and they
accused my mother of having a hand in my father’s death because
they are after my father's wealth. Before the death of my father last
two years he called me and my mother and told us that the last food he
ate was at his brother's house, now my father is dead the Autopsy
comfirmed he was poisoned to death. my father's relations are after my
mother saying she is responsible for my father's death so that they
will inherit all my fathers belonging which they succeeded and put my
mother in prison for crime she did not commit.

Before my mother was sentence to Nine years in prison last year
December she called me and told me that my father deposited the sum of
(USD $8.7 MILLION EIGHT MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS )
in a bank in Ghana and hand me over the documents of the money, and
also told me that my father use me the son as the NEST OF KIN and put
his foreign business partner as the beneficiary good a thing he did
not mention any name.

She told me to come down to this country Ghana where the money was
deposited and look for a foreign partner who will help me and transfer
the money to his/her account so that the person will help me to come
over to his/her country to continue my education, and I have gone to
the bank here in Ghana and comfirmed the deposit.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help me transfer this money
to your account and also help me to come over to your country to
further my education before this people who killed my father and put
my mother in prison will find out and collect the documents of this
money and claim it as they claimed all my father’s properties.

I'm now hiding in a local place here waiting for the transfer of the
money, and I will compensate you with 20% of this money if you help me
to transfer the money to your account l hope you will not betray the
trust i have on you because this money is my only hope in this life
and also know that my mother will come and stay with us when ever she
is out of prison.

I can assure you there is No Risk involve the money is an inheritance
from my late father.

I am waiting to hear from you.

Rich Mkpuruoma

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