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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: Williams Kufour <willams.kufour011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: williams_kufour002@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 20:00:14 +0100
Subject: Greeting to you///

Greeting to you and your family,
This is an official legal notice of an unclaimed fund left by yourlate
brother, a Nationality of your country, who has the same last name
with yours. who died as a result of heart attack, after the death of
his wife and only daughter in a car accident, the 21st April 2008.(May
their gentle souls rest in perfect peace) without anyone to claim his
Fund. USD12.5M deposit in the Security bank,more details kindly
get back to me Waiting to Hear From You.Barrister williams kufour Esq.

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