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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: Damingo Vieira <damingovieira@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 08:00:56 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT


Dear Friend,

My name is
Damingo Vieira,i am the son of President Joao Bernardo Vieira,the slain
President of Guinea Bissau,i am 20yrs old and i can speak english very
well. My father the President was assassinated at the early hour of 2nd
march,2009 by soldiers in our country,my mother is now taking refuge at
the Angola embassy,while i run to Ghana because of what my father kept
for me there.

I saw your contact information as i was browsing
through the washington inovation summit2009 site,i had wanted to be at
that summit,so i decided to contact you and entrust you with this
information.
Before my father was killed,he told me he deposited two
million US dollars with a security company here in Ghana,but he
deposited it as family tressures,and he said,if anything happens to
him,i should leave the country and take good care of my mother,he made
me swore to that.

As soon the death of my father was announced,i
left Guinea Bissau for Ghana,with all the documents given to me by my
father and with the help of my father close associate retired army
colonel sanji fati,i arrived Ghana safely

What i need now,is a
foreign partner i can trust enough to help me invest this money into any
profitable business abroad,and i will also like to relocate to same
country and with your assistance i can obtain a resident permit in your
country.I will offer you 20% of the total money for your
assistance,while 5% for your expenses during the transaction.

If
you are interested in assisting me,i would like you to email me other
information details about you.This is an act of trust i am embarking
upon,i do not know you neither have i seen you but i am doing this based
on trust, i know if you have the fear of God,you will be honest with me
and email me.

You can email me on my email address (damingovieira1@gmx.com)

Yours Sincerely
Damingo Antonio Vieira

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