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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: "Dr. Naomy Appiah." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <naomy.appia45@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 22:05:27 +0100
Subject: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED

Good Day,

I guess this is unmerited favor for you and I only, if you can

keep the confidentiality of the deal personal until the

successful end of the deal. My names are Mrs. Doruba Weteram

Kurfor the newly elected Financial Controller General of

Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS). Accra Ghana

Regional Office.

I am contacting you only, for a risk-free financial business

deal that we can execute twice for the next two years of my

tenor in this honorable office as the Financial Controller

General of ECOWAS before i bow out come 2016. Having introduced

myself briefly, please permit me to go directly to the point. As

the Financial Controller General,

I have been instructed and empowered by the 16 (ECOWAS)

Countries to disburse the total sum of 250,000,000.00
(Two Hundred and Fifty Million Euros) to All African Charity

Organizations and Child Care Centers ( CCC ) pursuant to the

directives of the Bord of Governors.
The above said fund was realized from Anti Drug/Money Laundering

Activities carried out on the African Government Officials and

some Highly Placed Individuals all over the 16 (ECOWAS) Regions

in the last four years. I have been directed to disburse the

funds and other logistics involved.

THE DISBURSEMENT AGENDA ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1) US$100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million United States Dollars

Only.) has been disbursed already to all Charity Organizations

in West Africa States, and as i write to you now, the Chairman

West African Humanitarian Union has confirmed to my office that

they have received it and have commenced immediate disbursement

to the appropriate listed Charity Homes Beneficiaries.

2) US$75,000,000.00 (Seventy Five Million United States Dollars

Only) to be disbursed to all our Embassies in Arab World via

(Dubai) to be claimed by cssh or normal Bank to Bank electronic

wire transfer.

3) 75, 000.000.00 (Seventy Five Million United States Dollars

Only) to Asian part of the world.

As it may interest you to know, these funds are under my control

and I am the only one that has the final say on who to be paid

as the legitimate person or group of persons. My reason of

contacting you is to have a deal with you for the next 2 Years I

will be in charge as the Financial Controller General West

Africa Region,
All I need from you is to register a Child Care Center in any

West African Region, Arab World or/Asian Countriess as Chairman

of such organizations to receive the funds on behalf of the

registered organizations and you will be receiving funds from my

end for 2 years of my tenor. This should be strictly between you

and I.

If you are willing to work this out with me, please indicate

your interest by replying via this email address

(naomy.appia45@gmail.com ) as soon as you possible.
Once I read from you, I will advice you on the next step

forward, and how the funds will be paid to you and how we are

going to make our own money out of it. My contact telephone

numbers will be given to you in my next mail as you respond.

Dr. Naomy Appiah.


Financial Controller General.

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