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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: "jerry" <jerry@mail.almanet.kz>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:22:43 +0600
Subject: From; Jakama C.And Agatha

From; Jakama C.And Agatha
(West Africa)

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into
business relationship with you. We got your contact from a
search we made through the internet following our effort
searching for a trustworthy person to assist us. My email
to you will come as a surprise since i don't know you in
person. But if this message comes to you out of your wish,
I am very sorry. I hope that you will read through this
email and understand how difficult things can be for
someone in a particular period in life. I have been
searching for a addvanced/developing country with economic
and political stability to invest in. I wish you will be
of a great assistance to me considering your position and
statues in Work/Business.

We are presently here because of the deposit our father
made before he died. Our father was a very wealthy cocoa
and gold merchant before he was poisoned to death by his
business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a
business deal. Before the death of our father, He told us
that he has a sum of $15,500.000 (Fifteen million five
hundred thousand united states dollar) deposited in a
Finance House here on his name, but use Agatha name as the
next of kin to the money.

He also explained to us that it was because of this wealth
and some huge amount of money his business associates
supposed to balance him from the deal they had that he was
poisoned by his business associates, that we should seek
for a good God fearing foreign partner in a country of our
choice who can assist us in claiming this fund from the
Finance House for investment abroad (such as real estate
management of any lucrative business) that we will like to
go into. We are honorably seeking your assistance in the
following way.

1)To assist us claim this money from the Finance House
here as the foreign partner of our late father, based on
the agreement he made with them that the money belongs to
his foreign partner which he did not disclose the name of
the person in the agreement letter which we have the
original copy here now.2) To transfer this money in your
name to your country after we have claim this money from
the Finance House.3) To make a good arrangement for a
joint business investment on our behalf in your country,
which you will be the care taker.4) To secure a college
for Agatha in your country to further her education. And
to make arrangement for our travel to your country after
you have transferred this fund.

Please if you are not interested delete this email. Please
i will need following informations about you if you are
willing to help me regarding this project and not just to
reply me because this is real and genuine transaction;

1.Your Full Name,2.Your Age,3.Your Occupation,4.Your
Direct Phone Number, 5.Your Current Residential
Address.,6.Your Marital Startus

Moreover, We are willing to offer you some amount of the
total sum (percentage)as compensation for your effort
input after the successful transfer of this fund to your
designated account in your country. As soon as we get your
response, We will forward to you the deposit documents
which you will as well contact the Finance House and
present yourself as our late father’s foreign business
partner abroad, to whom the money will be transferred to
his account.

I waits to hear from you Immediately.

Thanks and God Bless you.

Jakama C.And Agatha


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