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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: Tracy Tay <tracytay56@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:30:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Invitation: Can you handle this?


YAHOO! KALENDER - DU ER INVITERET!

tracytay56@yahoo.com har sendt en invitation:

Can you handle this?

Hvornår:
fredag den 19. oktober 2012 0:00 - 1:00 (GMT+00:00)

ujumbura Refugees Camp
Room 32 Liberia Camp 3 Accra Ghana
West Africa


Kind Attention,

Greetings, my name is Tracy Taylor .I am making this contact to you
in good faith and hope that it will transpire into mutual relationship
for now and in future to come .I am the eldest daughter of late Sir
Beuford Taylor a formal gold merchant and also a know politician in my
country Liberia. After the fall of the government, my father with
other top government officials was alleged financial losses and
detained by the Interim government of the present administration,


on 23rd 2003 November, unfortunately he died in the detention custody
since then the government has been accusing my family with strange
accusation. At first I thought it was a political vendetta from my
father's political opponents but I was wrong, then they froze all our
bank accounts known to them, hoping that we will starve to death.


Why can't we all live in peace? Since I can't do anything in my position
here for now, this is where I employ you to come in for the remaining
deposited fund un-disclosed. Presently am not in Liberia,


am in refugee camp in Ghana where am hiding for the sake of peace, but bear
in mind this fund to be transfer is not deposited in my country
Liberia. It may interest you to know that I got your impressive
information through my search for help and I decided to contact you
for your assistance in partnership regards the transfer of my family
deposited fund/valuable in a global security company in two sealed
boxes. (1) 150 kilos gold dust (2) Family Valuable box ,silver grey
which contains the sum of US $12.5,000,000.00 (twelve million five
hundred thousand dollars ) .I need this deposited fund to be
transferred outside my territory for investment in your country .


I cannot touch this money in the security company in Accra Ghana for you
know am under a very tight situation .So after discussing with my
surviving brother Frank, we plan to send it to your country through a
popular diplomatic courier service . So this is why I need you as a
foreign partner. Further more,


am ready to release the documents to you and the authority
to perfect you on this deal as the bonfire
family foreign Investor to claim the deposited fund ,because there is
no how I can present myself now .This funds will be transferred for
investment purpose. In a very lucrative business ventures. I have map
out 20% of the total deposit after the fund is finally transfer for
investment for you as gratification, I assure you that this deal is
100% risk free.

I expect your urgent response stating all your
necessary details in this deal as soon as you receive this massage and
also include your personal phone number for our effective
Communications.

Faithfully yours,tracytaylor2003@gmail.com
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
S.U. nu!
http://calendar.yahoo.com/tracytay56/rsvp?e=mcspike84@gmx.de&uid=cbd38574-f0d3-4e00-90e2-a5b7ffc6ffc2&tk=ZoYK.CEzTfzAmOWhkjLdiX_KGgQ-&hh=SMQZksTAnpnxujWsFzWpVexOkIU-


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