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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: fred.diallo1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 22:35:32 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?EMAIL=20FROM=20FRED?=

(PLS REPLY BACK TO MY YAHOO ID BELOW)
fred.diallo1@yahoo.com

Greeting to you,

It is my pleasure to contact you, hope you are fine. I am Fred Diallo from
Zimbabwe but Presently now in Ghana, I am contacting you in respect of my
consignment box in Indonesia which contains the total sum of Twelve million
five hundred thousand United states dollars($12.5million).I want you to
assist me and stand as my foreign beneficiary there in Jakarta-Indonesia
to receive my fund over there in Jakarta-Indonesia. My late father deposited
this sealed trunk box that contains the total fund for safe keeping in a
security company here in Accra-Ghana as here previously which he will be
using for foreign investment.

But his sudden and untimely death never allow him to execute things as planned
and the real content was not declared as it was kept as photographic equipment
for security and safety reason as a result the security company does not
know the original content of the box to be fund, this consignment are now
in Jakarta-Indonesia. My foreign partner who was suppose to receive this
consignment in Jakarta-Indonesia have a heart problems and presently is
late, that was why I and my mother have to search for another Beneficiary
who is serious and honest with whom we can associate with, and also entrust
our inheritance.

We are willing to give you 20% of the total fund involve for your assistance,
and the delivery officer in charge of this consignment in Jakarta-Indonesia
is ready to release the box to you as soon as you indicate your interest
and I will communicate with him.
Forward to me your information require like your passport photograph, your
home address, including your telephone number, for verification and delivery
purpose so that i will give you the number of the delivery officer in Jakarta-Indonesia
for you to call him.

waiting to hear from you for more detail.


Thanks
Fred Diallo




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