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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: "Eme Farms" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eme_farms@hotmail.co.za>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 18:22:25 +0200
Subject: Dear chosen Partner

Dear chosen Partner,
Compliment of the season,Permit me to inform you of my desire of going
into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before.
Our Mother died long ago when she was about to delivered my most junior
sister Chantal, she is 18 years old as of today, based that we lost our mother so early our father took us so special, we are
only two from my mother's side, me and my younger sister Chantal.Introducing my self , I am Eme Farms 25 years of age the only
son of the late Chief and Mrs Robert Farms, My father was a gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and South Africa.
He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips. Before the death of my father on 27th February
2009 in a private hospital here in SouthAfrica.
He secretly called me on his bedside and tell me that he has a sum of
$12.5M USD( Twelve Million five hundred thousand U.S.D), deposited in a Bank here in Johannesburg South Africa, that he used my name
as his only son and also as his beloved son for the next of kin in depositing the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a
foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his
existing cocoa business and real estate management or any business of my choice overseas.
I have make an arrangement with the Local bank manager here on how best to
transfer this money to overseas, please I am humbly seeeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) -To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am
still in school with my junior sisters.
2) -To help me to invest this money in a good business
3) - To assist me in providing an account of yours
where this fund can quietly be transferred into.

4) - To make arrangement for me and my sister to come over to your
country to futher our education, and to help us secure a
residential permit in your country.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation
for your effort/ Input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set
aside to offset any expenses we may incure.
Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within
the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.
Thanks and God bless.
you can contact me with my private e-mail for more informations
Yours sincerely
Eme Farms

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