The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, I can 100% guarantee that YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     Inspectorgenof Police <inspectorgenofpolice@ymail.com> Reply-To:     inspectorgenofpolice@ymail.com Subject:     HELLO Date:     Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:20:46 -0700 (PDT) (15:20 EDT)       I am General Federal Kofi,from Kotoka International Airport Accra Ghana, l am informing  you that a boy was  arrested with a consignment,and after a special interogation l now find out by the side of the Boxes your Information was tag;so l was trying to get in touch with you so that this consignment can be shift to you when the necessery document as being put in place,so you will get in contact with me so that this consignment can be remove within the best possible time.Meanwhile all l want you to do now you have to contart me with my Mobil cell phone number 002338570943. please try and be fast so that we can work at things, or give me quick reply through my Email.                                                                      Regard From General Kofi.   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine. Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters.

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary/commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust/diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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NOTE TO SPAMMERS: My scam e-mail filtering system is pretty good but it isn't perfect. Occasionally a regular spam e-mail may get mistakenly published as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam e-mail published on this website, the solution is simple. Don't send me spam.