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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: "adams jamil" <infobox2@fastwebmail.it>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:30:25 +0100
Subject: THIS IS YOUR OWN TIME


Contact My secretary God have done it

From:ADAMS JAMIL
My Good Friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently I am in
Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
Mean while, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my
secretary in Accra Ghana as i stated below follow his
instructions:

Rev.Kone Guci
Email: rev.kkone@gmail.com
Telephone number +233 275434798.
Ask him to send you the check what of
$1,700.000.00( ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS
which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to
assist me in this matter and i have appreciated your past efforts at that
time very much.So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Rev.Kone
Guci and instruct him where to send the check to you. Send him the following
information so that he will be sure that you
are the owner of the cheque:

1) Your full name, address...
2) Cells, fax...
3) Company name, position...
4) Professions, age and marital status...

I have forwarded instruction to my Secretary and he will be waiting for your
mail with information on this.

Please do not bother to contact me because i will be out of reach for
about a year.so feel free to get in touch with Rev.Kone Guci to send the
check to you without any further delay and try to be honest with him because
he is God faring man.

With best regards,
ADAMS JAMIL

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