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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: "Anne John" <annejohn010@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: annejohn00@myway.com
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:33:35 +0000
Subject: Please very important

Dear Friend,

How is the day?. i am very much happy to write you this message and will
apprecaite your concern and understand in this matter.

My name is Anne John from Ivory Coast in West Africa,5.3ft tall and my age
is 23 years old, dark in complexion,(nevermarried before). Before i was
residing in the refugee camp here in Ghana as a result of the civil war that
was fought in my country. But presently i have relocated to a save place. My
late father Dr Dikigbo John was the managing director of Dredcocoa and
Associates (Ltd) and he was the personal advicer to the former head of state
(Late Dr Robert Guei) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning
and killed my mother and my father in cold blood shed. It was only me that
is alive now and I managed to make my way to a near by country Ghana where i
am leaving now.


When i was in the camp we are only allowed to go out only on mondays and
fridays of the weeks.Its just like one staying in the prison i decided to
relocated.


Now the only person i have here is Rev Desmond Peters who is the pastor of
the (Christ The Head of All Churches) here in Ghana he has been very nice to
me with his wife mainly since i came here
but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the women's
hostel presently. Meanwhile I want to go back to my studies because i only
attended my first year before the traggic incident that lead to my being in
this situation now took place.


Please listen to this i don't know how you will feel about this information
i'm about to disclose to you, i need your suggestion and your advice over
this, i have my late father's treasure box with me with out the knowledge of
any person, because when he was alive he told me that the treasure contain
money, actually i don't really know the amount inside the box, but i have
been using money from it. So i will like you to help me transfer this money
to your account with trust because staying with here with the money may
cause to loose it since i am not a citizeon of this country. I kept this
secret to myself. So in the light of above, i will like you to keep it to
yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and
the money in quetion if people gets to know about it.


Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on
you and hope that you will not betray me I like honest and understanding
people, truthful and a woman or man of vision, truth and hardworking. All
the same my favourite language is english but our language is french but i
speak english very fluently,

Have a nice day.

Awaiting to hear from you soonest.
Anne John

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