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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: "kontakt" <kontakt@legalisieren.at>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:05:16 +0000
Subject: Hello

Please This Is Confidential... ATTN: First let me use this medium to introduce myself , I am TUNGO SULIKI,17 YEARS OLD from KONO district north of freetown SIERRA LEONE west africa. MY late father DR JULIUS SPENCER SULIKI,before his death WAS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MINES AND STEEL DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF SOLID MINERALS IN SERRIA LEONE.The September 11, 2001 bombings of the World trade centre which claimed the lives of several thousands of people also claimed the life of my father. BEFORE TRAVEL TO UNITED STATES,HAS ALREADY HANDED OVER SOME DOCUMENTS TO ME,WHICH REVEALS THAT, HE HAS DEPOSITED TWO SEALED BOXES THAT CONTAINS 652CARAT OF BLUE ROUGH CUT DIAMOND GEM AND $21.8MILLION US DOLLARS{TWENTY ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS} DEPOSITED IN THE SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ACCRA THE CAPITAL CITY OF GHANA WHICH MY NAME IS THE NEXT OF KIN. MY FATHER TOLD ME THAT,HE REGISTERED BOTH BOXES AS CONTAINING PRECIOUS ITEMS AS AT THE TIME OF DEPOSIT IN ORDER NOT TO RAISE QUESTIONS.THE OFFICERS OF THE
SECURITY COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THAT THE BOXES ACTUALLY CONTAINS CASH.nobody knows that the content of the metall box becuase my father wisely declared them as art work and family tresures from the national museum of monumet. since the death of my father the rebel has held us hostage untill the recent intervention of the UNITED NATION SECRECTARY GENERAL MR KOFI ANNAN whom secure a peace agrrement with the rebels that led to our release,All the refuggee move to the GHANA concentrated refuggee camp. I am presently in the refuggee camp because of the war in our country.i am seeking for your help and assistance for you to come to my aid I proprosed that you stand as my proxy person that is my late fathers foriegn partner,so as to get the funds out of the SECURITY COMPANY,and transfer it to your country where we can make use of it in a lucractive business investment in your country. This transaction is now only known by you,myself and my old sick mother whom is now in with me in the camp waiting for the time i ge
t this fund out of the SECURITY COMPANY.the secrecy and confidentiality should be mantained.I will be handling over to you the original certificate of deposit which the SECURITY COMPANY gave to my father,these fund was deposited with a secret code not by any name or any person that means it will be more easy for you to retrive these boxes and I withhold the secret code for security reasons as you show interest the secret code and the certificate of deposit will be given to you upon your arrival and held a meeting with me and my mother we can now proceed to the SECURITY COMPANY to retrive the FUNDS for investment in your country. please send me your private telephone and fax number for more confidential discussions.you can also reach me at "tungosuliki@yahoo.co.uk <http://be203-mail.mail.eudoramail.com:80/9138123791728694042059/ab_mailto_fromab.femail?wholemail=tungosuliki@yahoo.co.uk>" Best Regards, TONGO SULIKI{for the family}





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