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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: michael joe <michaeljoe000sudan@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: inheritance_michael@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:10:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE.


ATTN:SIR,
MY NAME IS MICHAEL JOE,THE FIRST SON OF JOSEPH JOE OF SUDAN.MY LATE FATHER WAS KILLED IN MY COUNTRY SUDAN BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL UNREST.HE WAS A MAJOR GENERAL IN THE ARMY OF SUDAN.

BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY LATE FATHER,HE DEPOSITED A CONSIGNMENT THAT CONTAINS $10MILLION AND 250KG OF GOLD DUST TO THE SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN GHANA FOR SAFE KEEPING.ALTHOUGH THE SECURITY COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THE CONTENTS OF THE BOX.BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER FOR SAFE KEEPING.

I AM IN THE REFUGEE CAM OF ACCRA GHANA,BEFORE I FOUND YOUR CONTACT.
SIR,I AM USING THIS MEDIUM TO SOLICIT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME CLAIM AND INVEST THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR INVESTMENT,AND FOR ME TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION.

ALL THE DEPOSIT DOCUMENTS OF MY LATE FATHER ARE WITH ME FOR YOUR VERIFICATION.

PLEASE I WANT YOU TO KEEP EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION VERY CONFIDENTIAL.AND SEND ME YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOR ONWARD COMUNICATION.

I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

YOURS TRULY,
MICHAEL JOE.
+233242059184.



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