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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- kwameassanti@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- kwame assanti ( investigation officer) private email : kwameassanti@hotmail.com official email : nationalinvetigationghana@email.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mensah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kwameassanti@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:28:44 -0700
Subject: URENT : NATIONAL INVESTIGATION
NATIONAL INVESTIGATION UNIT GHANA HEADQUARTERS .
This is to notify all valid email / Skype users that we are on
investigation due to the fraudulent activities from west-Africa Ghana
which we have been notified and it will be our greatest which if you give
us information if you have been a victim of fraud stars from west-Africa
and we will be grateful to make our investigation and also make sure you
recover all you have lost / compensation from the Government of the
Federal republic Ghana .
If you have been defrauded by on-line dating , on-line business
transaction kindly get back to the national investigation department and
we will carry out an investigation with information provided to guide us
on our investigation .
We will need you to provide the required information bellow .
Full Name :
Country :
Cell phone :
Email :
Occupation :
Kindly contact the national investigation department with details bellow .
Name : Kwame Assanti ( investigation officer) private email :
kwameassanti@hotmail.com
Official email : Nationalinvetigationghana@email.com
Phone number : +233544959811.
At your service
NATIONAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT ACCRA GHANA .
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