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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: james patrick <james5k2003@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:52:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FOR JAMES ADAM URGENT REPLY




DEAR SIR :

With due respect trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I believe it will be a great interest to you. I found your contact while I was doing a private research on the internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist my family and me. That's why I contacted you. I am MR JAMES FRIMPONG of Zimbabwe. During the current war against famers in Zimbabwe and from the support of our president ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our country,
all the white and black farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers. My wife who was one of the best farmers in our country and treasurer of the farmer's CO-operation did not support his idea and so the party members invaded my husband's farms and burnt everything in the farm, Killed my husband and made away with a lot of items in my wife farm. After the death of my wife,

I and my children decided to move out of Zimbabwe because our lives were in danger with the money that my husband kept in his hidden safe in my house. The amount contained in the safe is US$11M (ELEVEN MILLION US DOLLAR) and we decided to move the money to the Republic of REPUBLIC OF GHANA. Where we deposited the money with SECURITY COMPANY as a valuable item. So I decided to contact you to assist me to
move this money out of GHANA, because we took anassyllum protection here in Ghana So if you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you 30% of the total sum for helping us to move this money out to your country and 10% will be mapped out for expenses both of us may incur during this transaction and 60% Will be for me and family to invest in your
country

NOTE: That this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.
Thanks and God bless you.

Best Regard:
Mr james.
(For the Family)













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