419 scam: "Mr Kevin Kwesi"<hartleydavidson@sbcglobal.net> My greetings to you and your family.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- kwesi.kevin@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Kevin Kwesi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kwesi.kevin@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:02:19 +0100
Subject: My greetings to you and your family.

My greetings to you and your family.

I plead your forgiveness over my unconventional approach to you regarding this matter, it is with trust and confidence that i write to make this urgent business proposal to you, please treat it with utmost attention.

My names are Mr.Kevin kwesi; I am a retired bank manager of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Ltd. I do not want problems but just hope you can assist me, I write you this letter in good faith. I have a transaction of Five million two hundred and fifty thousand United States dollars ($5,250,000.00). I realized this fund from my bank excess profit after trading with the capital sum and I deposited the funds in Escrow Account, nobody will have access to it even the bank does not have access to this account because it cannot be deducted until after the transfer.

However, I can not be directly getting myself connected/involved to this money transfer/transaction for obvious reasons. So i am contacting you to assist/help me receive the funds in your country, which I know is possible if you liaise properly with me and get 30% of the total funds as your benefit/commission. The transfer would be made via swift and it will be a Bank-to-Bank wired transfer. (Basically you are standing as the beneficiary to the fund)

I am ill that is why am contacting you to finalize this transaction to enable me have a very good medical attention and hope to join you in your place for a business investment.
All I need is for you to get a good bank account where this fund can be transferred into, and also for you to stand to claim as the original depositor of this fund so that within six working days the funds will be transferred to your designated bank account.

Please note that I have been careful and have made all arrangements towards the success and smooth transfer of the fund to your account before contacting you. For security reasons and confidentiality of this transaction, I demand that you should not expose this proposal and the entire transaction to anybody. I have put in so much trust in you with the hope that you would not betray me or sit on this money when it is finally transferred into your account. If this proposal is acceptable to you, indicate your interest urgently by contacting immediately.

1) Full Name :
2) Occupation :
3) Age:
4Telephone Number/fax
5) Your Country of Origin:
6) Sex/ Marital Status:
7) Contact Address:

Thanks for your understanding, co-operation and trust i awaits your urgent reply so that we can proceed immediately.

if you are interested you can contact me trow my email address (kwesi.kevin@yahoo.com)
Yours faithfully
Mr.Kevin kwesi.

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