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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: Daniel Sankoy <dsankoy1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 04:33:24 -0700
Subject: Greetings.

Good day,
I am Daniel Sankoy, a citizen of Guinea in West Africa and son of the late
Mr. Sankoy who was killed by the present government in my country Guinea.

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to
establish in your country.

There is this amount US$25Millions United State Dollars which my late
father deposited with a security company in GHANA, which he wanted to use
for his political reasons in our Country before he was assassinated.

But since his death I am living in Accra, Ghana as a refugee with my mother
and my sister.

Now I as the only son and my mother have decided to invest this money in
your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and
political reasons. I want you to help us claim and receive the consignment
which will be delivered to you through diplomatic means to your country or
any place of your choice to enable you to plan for the investment in your
Country.

So I want you to stand as my foreign partner and beneficiary so that both
of us can invest the fund together in your country.

I would like to invest part of the money into these three investments in
your Country but, if there is any other business that is better than what I
am suggesting, I will be very glad to follow your advice.

1).Real estate
2).The transport industry
3).Five star hotel

If you can be of assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 15%Of
the total fund while the balance will be invested by you.

I await your soonest response.

Thanks for the expected cooperation.

Best Regards,
Daniel Sankoy.

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