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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Nelly taylor" <t_nelly_t@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 19:55:18 +0000
Subject: Hello---Please i need your help

Hello
How are you and your family i hope all is well with you if so thanks be to
God,please i really need you help thats why i sent you this please take your
time to read it and see what you can do for us.i would really be thankful if
you can really reply me,
I will tell you more about my self now My name is Nelly Taylor daughter of
late Chief Jeff Taylor, My father was a very rich and traditional African
and made a lot
of money from the sales of Diamond and Crude Oil. we are all from Liberia.
On the 22 day of nov 2003 My father was on his way back from off shore he
was attacked by some rebel fighters who killed him. me and my mother Mrs.
Marian Taylor and my little brother David he is 23years, inherited the sum
of 19$ (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 where i lost my little sister, and after
the
death of my late father, My father lawyer did came to meet us in Abidjan and
then he gave us my father death certificate and document that stated he
deposited his fund with a bank in ghana, for safekeeping and transfer.
I and my mum flew to Ghana for the claim of the fund, we located the bank
and presented all the legal documents to the bank, but the bank refuse to
give to us the fund of my father, they told us in the bank that my father
has already registered the fund on express transfer to Leave Africa, so we
speek to the head of treasury depatment of the bank and he advice us to look
for a forign parter to help us contact the bank for the claim of the fund Me
and my mother want you to help us receive this funds as our foreign partner,
you help us contact the bank, to stand for us before the bank as the new
beneficiary of this fund. we do want to help us invest the fund in a life
time investment in your country since i am still a young girl without
business idea,
My mum will give to you 25% of the total sum of money invested in your
country, I and my mum also need your advice on wat to invest the fund 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 have not 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 and 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, As soon as the fund is transfered to you, I will come to your
country and if everthing is ok, I will come back to get my mum and my
brother out of Ghana, and if its ok for you to also come to Ghana and meet
me and my family and help us here it also very nice I and my mother pray and
wait to hear from you and 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.
God Bless you.
Nnelly

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