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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: akuffu hubert <cocobeachhotel.gh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:27:06 +0000
Subject: THIS IS MR, AKUFFU HUBERT THE MANAGER OF COCO BEACH HOTEL

COCO BEACH HOTEL
NEAR RAINBOW,ADJACENT
SPINTEX ROAD
P.O.BOX 906
TESHIE- NUNGUN

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SIR THIS IS THE DETAILS

THIS IS MR, AKUFFU HUBERT THE MANAGER OF COCO BEACH HOTEL
I AM JUST WRITING YOU IN THE REGARDS OF YOUR THREE CONSIGNMENT BOXES
WHICH IS HERE IN MY POSSESSION HERE IN ACCRA GHANA .

SIR I JUST WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO, FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THOSE
BOXES THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY WHO COME TO MY HOTEL TO LODGE AFTER TWO DAY
HE WENT AT TO SEE IS FRIEND ON IS WAY COMING BACK HE HAS AN ACCIDENT AND HE
DIE .
BE FORE THE LITTLE BOY DIE HE WAS HOLDING THE HOTEL BILL BUT WITHOUT THE
HOTEL BILL, I WILL NOT RELEASE THE BOXES,

FOR YOU TO BELIEVE ME YOU CAN SEE THE SECURITY MAN WHO LOOK AFTER THE
BOXES THEN IN MY OFFICE.
WITHOUT THE HOTEL BILL I WILL NOT REACH THE BOXES, THEN I ASK MY GIRL
THAT WORK IN MY HOTEL TO CLEANER THE ROOM AND THEY CALL ME THAT THERE IS
TWO CONSIGNMENT BOXES IN THE ROOM WHEN I GET THEN IT WAS SO, MY BROTHER
PLEASE AT FAST SO THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE THE MONEY,

BECAUSE BE FOR THE LITTLE BOY DIE HIM TOLD ME THAT IT WAS [15.MILLION US
DOLLAR] THAT WAS INSET THE TH ERR BOXES PLEASE SIR JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO
THEN I LOOK INTO THEM I SEE YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER ATTACH TO IT THAT
WHY I AM CALLING YOU TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO FROM PLEASE SIR I JUST TO TRY
YOUR BEST

PLEASE SIR I REALLY WANT YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR BOXES THAT WHY I AM INFORM YOU
TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO TO ENABLE YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOXES SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT
ANY OTHER PROBLEM PLEASE MY BROTHER YOU HAVE TO ACT FAST SO THAT YOU CAN
RECEIVE YOUR BOXES IN TIME YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE LOT OF
CRIMINAL HERE IN GHANA

PLEASE I JUST WANT YOU TO TRY YOUR BEST SO THAT YOU COME UP WILL THE BULL
SO THAT YOU CAN TELL ME ARE YOU CAN RECEIVE THE MONEY PLEASE SIR ACT FAST
BECAUSE THERE LOT FOR CRIMINAL HERE IN GHANA SIR MY DIRECTOR TOLD ME THAT
WITHOUT THE HOTEL BILL HE WILL NOT RELEASE THE BOXES PLEASE SIR I JUST
WANT YOU TO ACT FAST SO THAT WE CAN KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW ARE YOU CAN YOU CAN
RECEIVE THOSE BOXES

I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU




Regards
Mr. AKUFFU HUBERT (Manager)
Coco Beach Hotel
Accra- Ghana .

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