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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: yima patira <yima90@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:22:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP


Hello My Dearest One,
=A0
=A0Good day. how are you and your family as well as your work? I hope every=
thing within you are alright. Permit me to inform you of my desire to ask y=
ou to help me out in what I am about to tell you. After much consideration =
and prayer I have decided to tell you all about me because I believe you ca=
n be of assistance to me and my faith. And, I believe God lead me to you. I=
am the only child of my parents.Please, I am very sorry to bother you with=
my problem. Please know that it's not by mistake I am contacting you but b=
y the special grace of God. I'm Shantal Fahari (24years old female) from Mo=
yale Village
in Kenya and the only child of the late Mr. & Mrs. Mareko Fahari . I do no=
t know my mother, she died when i was a baby. My father established his coc=
oa business in Accra Ghana, and he died shortly of heart attack his death h=
as now made me orphan and i am exposed to danger.Since the death of my fath=
er, my uncles have sent me out of our house, they said that i am a female c=
hild that i do not have any right in the family and that is their custom. B=
efore the unfortunate death of my father in a private hospital in Moyale Vi=
llage, he reveal to me that he had deposited two trunk boxes with ISC (Info=
seck Security Company Accra Ghana) as a family treasure. One contained $12.=
5 million US Dollars and the other 200kg of gold dust. He told me that he h=
ad used his name to deposit the two boxes (consignments) and that my name w=
as the next of kin to the deposit of the consignments.I am presently living=
with a certain pastor by name (Pastor Felix Kwame) and his
family here in Ghana,You can get me through his telephone number (+2332071=
46547 )so that wwe can discurse. My father said he used my name as his only=
child as his next of kin to the deposit and in case he fails to make it th=
at I should take care of myself and get someone to help invest the money fo=
r me. I have all the papers with me here and the key to the boxes, my fathe=
r did not disclose the content of the two trunk boxes to the security compa=
ny to avoids the officials from raising eye brows to the funds.
=A0
=A0 I am now presently in Accra trying to locate where the security company=
is situated and I have succeeded in locating the security company. I also =
confirmed the consignments with most honesty and confidentiality. I finally=
decided to take quick action and have these consignments transferred out o=
f Ghana.I have contacted the security company about my claim of the trunk b=
oxes but the security company told me that my father made an
agreement with the company management that they should not release the two=
trunk boxes to me without a foreign partner. That is why I need your vital=
assistance to help me in clearing these consignments and transferring them=
to your country as my foreign beneficiary or my guardian. I am honorably s=
eeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To be my guardian/foreign beneficiary and then to assist me financially=
to clear these two consignments into your country.
(2) To make arrangements for me to come over to your country to further my =
education and then settle there permanently.=A0=A0 Please help me and stand=
for me as my guardian and contact the security company. I will love it mos=
t if you will come down here so that after the transaction i will go back w=
ith you to your country for a better future. I am willing to offer you 30% =
of the total consignment content as compensation for your assistance. I wan=
t you to know that the main
reason why i have contacted you is that you are still going to be the one =
to help me with the investment of this consignments since i do not have any=
idea about investment.
=A0
As soon as I receive your full assurance and cooperation, I will then give =
you the contact information of the Security Company where these consignment=
s were deposited for you to contact them and tell them how you want them to=
get my consignments release to you. I shall send my picture to you and sha=
ll also need yours too. Please, no matter what your decision may be, I want=
you to reply me, please let this be private between me and you.
=A0
Waiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of=
this transaction.Thanks for your kind Attention and mutual understanding.
Yours faithfully, Miss.Shantal Fahari.
Alternative email;shantalfahari@yahoo.ca=0A=0A=0A

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