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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: "Dr. Mathew Annan" <mrsrobinajohnson2010@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mathew_annan@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 10:46:19 -0800
Subject: Dear Friend/Partner,

Dear Friend/Partner,

My name is Dr. Mathew Annan, General Secretary; Bonax Security Services
here in Accra Ghana West Africa. Our head office is located in Accra
with several of our branches nationwide. Our Company specializes in
various security services, activities and operations; we accept all
kinds of items, goods and services and other valuables such as Gold,
Diamond etc. for safekeeping for our esteemed customers, there is
this customer who deposited a Trunk Box in our company for safe
keeping this Box has been in our custody for a very long time and no
one came to claim it, the Trunk Box contains some amounts of money
and Gold, being the General secretary I have to check the files of the
customer and traced his origin and discovered that he is now a
deceased and he didn’t present anyone to us as his next of Kin.

The Company is now planning to confiscate the Trunk Box and convert it
into Government’s property due to the inability of anyone coming
forward to claim it. I have all the details and information of the
depositor with me, my reason for contacting you is for you to come
forward and file an application for the immediate release of the Trunk
Box to you as the next of Kin to the deceased customer who deposited
the Trunk Box with the company. The depositor of the Trunk Box was the
owner of the Box and since he is now dead, I want you to contact our
company and order them for immediate release/delivery of the Trunk Box
to you as the only relate of the depositor.

I will provide you with all the details and information’s of the
depositor and also the deposit slip that was issued to the late
customer with the security code and other relevant detailed
information’s which will be needed to enable you send them to our
company and demand the immediate release/delivery of the Trunk Box to
you.

Once this transaction is completed, I will come to your country to
meet you and both of us will share the valuables inside the Trunk Box
in the ratio of 60/40, 60 for me and 40 for you. In my next mail which
I will be sending to you after in which I have received your reply: I
will provide you our company’s website to enable you visit our website
and find out more about our company and our operations/services.

Yours sincerely
Dr. Mathew Annan
General Secretary
Bonax Security Services Ltd.

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