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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: David Eklu <ekludavid@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 06:47:22 +0000
Subject: I URGENTLY LOOKING FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER


Dear Sir,

AM, CONTACTING YOU ON MY PRESUMED RELIANCE, AND I BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE IT BIG IF ONLY WE CAN WORK WITH ONE MIND , THAT AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION YOU WILL NOT BETRAY ME BY BEING CREED, ALSO I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP THE CONTENTS OF THIS MAIL CONFIDENTIAL.

I AM INSPECTOR DAVID EKLU WORKING AS A POLICE OFFICER ATTACHED TO THE KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GHANA AND I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ESTABLISH THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU IN BENEVOLENT SPIRIT AS TO ENHANCE IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION TO AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHTLY AT HAND.

INTERESTINGLY, TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES INTERCEPTED (2) - METALLIC TRUNK BOXES AT OUR DUTY POST IN THE EARLY HOURS OF 20TH FEB. 2013 WHEN TWO TURKISH CITIZEN WERE ABOUT TO SMUGGLE OUT SOME VALUABLES BOXES SUSPECTED TO BE PRECIOUS METALS OUT FROM GHANA TO TURKEY. OBVIOUSLY THEY COULD NOT BE ABLE TO DEFEND THE SOURCE OF THE BOXES AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE TWO GENTLE ESCAPED ARREST AND NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. THOUGH WE DID NOT OFFICIALLY DECLARED THIS INTERCEPTION FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

TO KNOW THE CONTAINS OF THESE BOXES,I PERSONALLY SCANNED THE TWO (2) BOXES AND FOUND OUT THE CONTAINS HIGH QUALITY OF GOLD DUST AND I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU CAN RECEIVE THE BOXES IN YOUR COUNTRY THEN I WILL COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR BOTH OF US TO MARKET THE GOLD PRODUCTS THEN SHARE THE INVOLVED 50/50. BECAUSE I WILL BE GOING FOR MY RETIREMENT AND AM READY TO GO INTO PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT WITH YOU THERE WITH MY OWN SHARE AFTER SELLING THE GOLD.

THEREFORE, AS TO ENABLE US TRANSFER THESE BOXES, YOU ARE TO GIVE ME YOUR WORD THAT YOU WILL BE CAPABLE TO RECEIVE THE GOLD IN QUESTION AS I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT GOLD TRANSACTION, I AM ONLY SENDING THIS PROPOSAL TO ASCERTAIN YOUR INTEREST AND ONCE POSITIVE RESPONSE IS RECEIVED FROM YOU, ASSURING ME OF YOUR UTMOST COOPERATION, SINCERITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY I WILL PROCEED TO FURNISH YOU WITH ALL DETAILS AND HOW I INTEND TO CARRY OUT THIS RISK FREE TRANSACTION WITHOUT FURTHER.

THANKS FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION
REGARDS
MR.DAVID EKLU


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