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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: Amina Yaro <aminayarotogo@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 08:18:49 -0700
Subject: MAIL

Dear friend,

*RE: INVESTMENT / BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL.*

It is my pleasure to send you this letter with hope to know you better
after this first initial contact.
I am contacting you based on the recommendation of the private search
agency that gave me your contact email address.

I make this offer of investment & partnership to you in strict confidence,
and because of the nature of the transaction I intended to deal directly
with a reliable person who will contribute in finishing
the transaction ,


Therefore, If you have a solid background and idea of making good profit in
any VIABLE business in your country. Please write me for possible business
co-operation.

More so, I am interested in any business that is capable of generating
10-15% annual return on investment (AROI) Joint Venture partnership can
also be considered.

May I briefly introduce myself to you;I am Amina Yaro,
Accountant General of the Public Procurement Board under the Ministry of Works &
Housing here in the Republic of Togo, West Africa.
Our organization is responsible for contract awarding and payment to both
local and foreign firms.


The funds involved for this Joint Venture investment purpose is USD
22,850,000; the funds are clean; free and clear of all liens and encumbrances.

The amount was accumulated from additional cost which I intentionally added
to the invoice/ bills of jobs done in our Organization recently(2013-2014)
;and already all the foreign contractors has been fully paid remaining the
above added extra cost.

Presently I was notified that the payment is being approved by the
Government authorities and transferred to a domiciliary dormant account
without a beneficiary name yet , and we may loose this opportunity, if by
the end of this fiscal quarter, I could not submit any foreign
beneficiary name to
the payment Board who will receive the payment as a foreign contractor
that did the
job,

This is a careful deal of which I can guaranteed that your reputation
will be fully protected because for the past months I have worked out
everything to ensure a
hitch-free operation,

I will not fail to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free
because once all approval is made with your name as the Beneficiary
,then the Bank will release this funds to your nominated bank
account as your contract payment,

The main reason which made me to decide to look for a foreign partner is
that the ethics of employment in our country do not permit civil
servants to have bank account at overseas.

To this effect I decided to contact you and ask for your assistance, to
enable us work together and transfer this amount into your overseas account.

The payment in question shall be approved in your favor by the government
ministry immediately I recommended your name to the government authority as
the purported foreign contractor that did the contract.

It is pertinent that you inform me ASAP whether or not you will be
interested in this proposal to collaborate with me as the beneficiary of
this payment by providing a good bank account where the money will be
transferred to ;

Meanwhile, for your participation in this deal I am willing to compensate
you with 40% partnership right of the total amount upon the successful
conclusion of this transaction.

I am confident that you will give your consideration to this proposal and
respond positively within a short period of time. I am available to discuss
this proposal with you and to answer any questions you may have in regard
to this Joint Venture investment.

In furtherance, I shall be coming over to your country when the money
is finally in your account for purpose of investment and I shall be
relying on your candid advise,

I look forward to discussing this opportunity further with you.

Sincerely,
Amina Yaro
Private Email:aminayaro@outlook.com

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