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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: joseph buba <josephbuba30@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <josephbb1@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:21:44 -1100
Subject: Dear Beloved In Christ



Dear Beloved In Christ Taking into Consideration that we have not met beforeor had any previous dealings,l know that thiscorrespondent will come to you as a surprise althoughit's with good motive.My name is Rev. Joseph Buba, anInternational Missionary based in Liberia.l am now inthe Refegee Camp,In Republic of Benin. A few year's ago I was in Liberia where I hadestablished a little congregation where I preachedregularly, but the civil war escalated and the churchwas converted to a hospital of sought. On one faithfull day three Liberian Soldiers,whom llater learnth were special aids to the Liberian formerPresident (Late Samuel Doe) came to me and left twotrunk boxes containing money with me and swore to comeback for it. But you guessed it, they never didbecause,they were among those who were captured andkilled by one of the Liberian Rebels then,CharlesTaylor,who later became the president,but now inPolitical Asylum in Nigeria. After this incident,l was left with the boxes containing about $19.2 Million Dollars(Ninteen Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) Because of the risk of keeping the said boxes on my pocession due to the in-security in my temporary Church/Hospital,l decided to deposite the aid box with a security Finance Firm,which has it's branches in many parts of Europe,Asia,America and Africa. Over years after this urgly incident,l hadtried all l could to locate either the address of theslain Soldiers or any members of their immediatefamilies,but all to no avail. Now because l was among those who were evercuated fromLiberia recently due to another round of war betweenthe last President,Charles Taylor and other LiberianRebels,who were battling to take over power from him.lam now writing to request for your assistance based onyour willingness to accept my wish and conditions onwhich l want to use this said amount for. Because of the natures of my profession (Missionary) lwill not be able to stand to claim this Fund for mypersonal use,as it will attract questions from myfollowers who knew that l am only but a preacher,thatis not supposed to be identified with such amount ofmoney. That is why l'm seeking for your assistnace,sothat you will stand as the owner of the Fund. All the documents used in lodging the box/money in thesecurity Company are all in my pocessions.l will sendthem to you as soon as you show your willingness totake part in this objective. l will only need 30% ofthe total sum, to support my Missionary works. l want you to use part of the Money,(30%) to supportyour business and family and the remaining 40% MUST beused for charity,especially the ophans and widowswithin your Country and outside Your Country. l pray the Almighty God will give you the courage toaccomplish this in good faith. If you think that youcan be of use to this humanity services.pleas get back to me soon, Yours SincerelyRev. Joseph Buba
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