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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: "Ansah Daniel" <danielansah@acasa.ro>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:43:24 +0300
Subject: CONFIDENCIAL


Mr.Daniel Ansah

E mail:danielansah@gmail.com

Hello, I am Mr.Daniel Ansah, I am writing you from
Accra-Ghana in West Africa. I got your contact while
searching for a foreign partner who will assist me
to
invest in abroad.
I am a Sierra Leonean national. I am looking for an
overseas business partner/investor to assist me move
and invest US$ 22 million, which I inherited from my
late father.

My late father, Chief Joseph Ansah, was killed by
rebel fighters in Sierra Leone who were fighting for
control of diamond mines. My late father was a
diamond
winner/merchant and a senior chief. He was killed
together with my elder brother. As a local diamond
winner my father was not involved in diamond export
but sold his diamond to foreign merchants who make
exports.

As a result of increasing rebel attacks and war in
my
country, he moved all his money and other valuables
out of my country to Accra- Ghana for safekeeping in
a
safe keeping company and registered it as family
valuables.

I am the only surviving member of my family and have
inherited the money and other valuables. I am now
the
beneficiary of my father's wealth and my plan now is
to move all the money out of here to overseas and
invest it there, because I do not wish to invest the
money here in my country, because of the unstable
political and economic situation in Africa.
There are problems making it difficult for me to
move
the money overseas on my own alone. These problems
are
as follows:

1. I am inexperienced to manage the vast domains of
the business World and due to the fact that I have
had
no previous experience in the Commercial/Banking
Sector.

2). I have never been abroad before and have no
business or private contact overseas, and other
logistic reasons to handle the big fund alone. I am
in
need of a Guardian / Manager that will arrange for
my
re-establishment in his country of residence and
full
integrate me into his society. If you can render
your
total support to me by assisting me to relocate to
your country, We will enter into a business
agreement
that will safeguard later Investments and please do
include your Phone number so that we can
Interact confidentially.

Yours Sincerely,

Daniel Ansah

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