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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: Nicholina Adjaidoo <nicholinaadjaidoo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 00:05:06 -0800
Subject:

Greetings ,

We are Nicholina and Mary the children of Late General Charley Adjaidoo the
former Director of military intelligence and special acting General Manager
of the sierra Leone Diamond mining operation( S.L.D.M.C ).We are contacting
you to seek your good assistance to transfer and invest US 11.5 million
belonging to our late father which is deposited in a bank here in
GhanaThis money is revenues from solid minerals and diamonds sales
which were
under my father's possession before the civil war broke out. Following the
break out of the war, almost all government offices, operations and
parasites were attacked and vandalized. The S.L.D.M.C was looted and burnt
down to ashes, and diamonds worth millions of dollars was stolen by the
rebel military forces who attacked our fathers office, many top government
officials and senior army officers were assassinated and our father was a
key target because of his very sensitive military position and appointment
in the S.L.D.M.C.Regrettably, our father was captured and murdered along
with his brother in cool blood during a mid-night rebel shoot-out when our
official residence in Freetown was ambushed by forded sank o the notorious
rebel leader. Our mother sustained very severs bullet injuries which
resulted to her untimely and painful death in a private hospital here in
Ghana.

Now we are alone in a totally strange country without parents, relatives or
anybody to care for us at our tender ages. Before our mother died, she told
us that our father deposited some money which he made from diamond sales
and contracts in a bank here in Ghana and that we should pray and find a
trust worthy foreign business partner who would help us to transfer and
invest this money in profitable business venture overseas. She told us to
do this quickly so that we can leave Ghana and then settle down abroad. She
gave us the bank document to prove the deposit and then told us that our
father used my name as the only son to deposit the money in the bank. She
told us that this is the reason why we came to Ghana.

My mother died after wards. May her spirit rest in perfect peace. I have
gone to the bank to make inquires about this money and I spoke with the
Manager of International remittance who assured me that everything is
intact and promised to help us transfer this money to my father's foreign
partners bank account as soon as we provide our fathers partners foreign
bank account for them. However, the manager is very concerned because of
our age. I am 22 years why my younger sister is 19 years and as such
advised that we should look for a matured person that will represent me at
the bank. If you are willing to assist us, please let us know immediately
so that you will arrange the transfer of the money to your account with the
bank. Please note that we will offer you 30% of the total money as
compensation for your noble assistance in accordance with my mother's
advice. I am interested in any profitable commercial venture which you
consider very well in your country and you would also get a school for me,
my little sister so that we can finish our college education.
Please there is urgent need for the money to be transferred to your account
because of the political crises they are having in Ghana now. We are hoping
to hear your urgent response. Thank you and May God bless you and your dear
family.

Yours sincerely

Nicholina and Mary

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