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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: PRINCE KUFOUR OTUMFUO <oprincekufour@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2022 06:29:08 -0700
Subject: PRINCE KUFOUR OTUMFUO

I am Prince Kufour Otumfuo the elder son of the late King
Otumfuo Opoku ware II whose demise occur following a brief illness.
Before the death of my father, King Otumfuo Opoku ware II, I was
authorised and officially known as the next successor and beneficiary
of my father's property according to African Traditional rite.

Most of my father's wealth includes Gold and Diamond worth the
following qualities.

(1) 99kg alluvial gold dust Best quality GEM/Servce 100

(2) 22 karat Quantity 3000 S.A

(3) 9.0 purity Colour : Brown (unpolished) Size: 3/8 carats

As a result of polygamous family, there has been a dead luck over the
issue of division of my father's property between members of my family
and community as a whole. In conjunction with this, the thrown which
is only left to me as the eldest man in the family is been battled by
the member of the twenty one hamlet that made up of Ashanti kingdom.

This ugly situation made me to secretly move the gold dust having the
above mentioned qualities into a security and finance firm with the
assistance of my uncle whom serves as a secretary to Ashanti council
of elders.

If you are interested to buy it just contact me or just look for a buyer
for me.

I have promise to run the deal with you, base in the degree of
sincerity and trust in you. Having receive your reply, I will feed you
with the relevant information covering the consignment.

Note, I and my mother hoped heavily on this transaction. Please reach me
to avoid much publicity.

Thanks. Yours faithfully,

PRINCE KUFOUR OTUMFUO

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