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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: Samuel Opoku <samuellopokuu@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:23:37 +0000
Subject: Investment/partnership in Your Company

Sir/Madam,
I regret any inconveniences caused as a result of my personal problems am
sharing with you, my name is Mr.Samuel Opoku

From Freetown,Sierra Leone, my late father was a politician in the past
regimes who recently was infected with Corona

virus (Covid-19) and died in a specialist hospital in the past year 2020.

Following my last conversation with my late father before he died in the
hospital, he confided in me as the only son and

disclosed to me of his Attorney Drafted and signed WILL of his Inheritance
in my name as the next of kin, i have meet

with the Attorney in private and he confirmed the WILL signed by my late
father regarding an amount of $12.5 Million USD

(Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) he deposited
in my name as the next of kin in one of the

private security companies in one of the neighbouring countries here in the
West Africa, Ashanti Region of Ghana for safe keeping.

I have visited the private security company with the Attorney and had
conversations with the manager enquiring about the

deposit of my Inheritance and was informed by the manager that there was a
clause in an agreement signed by my late

father and the company on the day of deposit that in event of death or
disability of the depositor, the next of kin must

provide a suitable foreign partner who will receive and assist me in
investing the funds in an appropriate business

oriented venture abroad.

It is in light of the above that I wish to inform you formally that if
you're willing and ready to cooperate and assist

me as informed, i am ready to present and introduce you to the depository
security company as my trusted foreign business

parther to receive the inheritance on my behalf and who will assist me to
invest the amount in your country.

All i need from you is your honest cooperation to enable me to confirm and
be sure that i am dealing and communicating

with the right person who is trustworthy and capable of investment and
management of large scale business ventures.

It is equally important to let you know that both the Will and other
documents necessary for the processing and release

of the inheritance from the security company will be handed over to you as
the beneficiary as soon as i receive your

favorable reply to assist me as requested as i am ready to relocate to your
country immediately the funds are delivered to you to enable us to start
the investments prospect without further delay.

I will also be providing you more information and guidance as we progress
forward, should you have any question or you

require me to clarify anything further to you, please do not hesitate to
get in touch with me.

Best Regards,

Mr.Samuel Opoku

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