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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: "Juliet Garry Richardson" <juliettalks@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:21:56 +0000
Subject: Hello--Please I Need Your Help

Good Day
How are you and your family i do hope you are all fine.Please i am looking
for help for me and my mother that is why i send you email and ask for your
help.My name is Juliet Richardson the eldest child and daughter of late
Chief Mallon G.Richardson,My father was a very rich and traditional African
and made a lot of money from the sales of Crude Oil.On the 7th day of May
2003 he was on his way back from off shore he was attacked by some rebel
fighters who killed him. Me and my mother Mrs.Florence Richardson inherited
the sum of million (Nineteen Million U.S Dollars) from my father. Before the
death of my late father, we had already flew from our country(Liberia) to
Abidjan because of the war in our country, and after the death of my late
father,My father lawyer did came to meet us in Liberia and then he gave us
my father death certificate and document that stated he deposited his fund
with a bank in ghana called Ghana Commercial Bank,for safekeeping and
transfer.

Please we need you to help us receive this funds as our foreign
partner,where you help us contact the bank that Ghana Commercial Bank to
stand for us before the bank as the new beneficiary of this fund. and that
we would be giving to you 25% of the total fund for your assistance the rest
75% you will help us to invest it in a life time investment with your wise
advice in your country and also said that before this fund can be release or
transfer to you,that you will have to sign an agreement with my family so
that we can trust you cause you know you vent meet you before.

I know you may surprise you but it the is truth and no one expect you knew
that we are still alive and in Ghana that is why you must keep this as a top
secret to yourself alone,because we for safety of our life my mother said i
should tell you.all the legal documents covering this fund are with my
mother.Please we need your help to get our fund and leave Ghana and start a
new and happy life, I and my mother pray and wait to hear from you madam
then i will send to you the legal document that was given to my father by
the bank when he deposited the fund with them for your view. Bye for now and
hope to hear from you soon.
Best Regards
Juliet and Mother


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