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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 adams <james_ad06@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:12:40 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME/


Dear sir,

kindly, permit me to inform you of my predicament though I apologise for any inconveniences it might course you but I write you today based on the fact that I 'm being left alone in this part of the world
and I must not hesitate to confide in you.
I am PRINCE JAMES ADAMS. and the only child of late Mr and Mrs ADAMS. AMADY.my father was a very wealthy oil dealer here in Lome-TOGO before he was murdered by his business associates while I lost my mother five years ago in a motor accident and my father
took me so special because I am motherless.
before the death of my father on the 02/03/.2001 in a private hospital here in Lome-TOGO, he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has the sum of(USD$9MILLION) deposited in a trunk box with my name as the beneficary,in a security company
here in Lome-TOGO
he also made me understand that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his business associates while on a business outing with them and he instructed me to look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer this fund out of my country and inve
st it wisely in his country.
the purpose of this mail is to seek the transfer of this money to your country before this peoples will kill me too as I?m now hiding in a local hotel here in Lome-TOGO and I will compensate you with $1m of
this money if we can negotiate and reach a compromise because you will also assist me to invest this money properly in any lucrative business in your country and l hope you will not turn me down because I am counting on you for my dear life.
I am waiting anxiously to hear from you,
My regards to your family.

PRINCE JAMES ADAMS.



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