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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: "Sammy & Mother" <sammycamara23@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sammycamara121@walla.com
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 18:33:04 +0000
Subject: My Mother Is Worried

Attn,

i know this massage will be a surpise to you,but it is do to the condition i am facing with my mother in dakar senegal.my name is Sammy Camara the only son of Hon Dr Gbaonyocha Camara from sudan central africa.My Late father was the former Ministrie who was assinated by the rebbles in darfur region and i was the next terget as the only son of the family.

My Late father deposited $10.5 Million usdollars in a metailc trunk box in a (consignment) as a family treasure and safe keeping.The Finance firm does not know the real contents of the box consignment.it is registred as a family valueable and treasure.

It is Only me and my mother that know the real contents of the consignment.it is cash complete as my late father tip to me and my mother before he was assisnated and advice us never to infrom any body except the trusthworthy person that will receive the consignmnet.

i was drove to dakar senegal with my mother by a united nation boat where me and my mother are staying at the refuge camp peding on the transfer of the consignment.We came here in dakar senegal to look for a trust and reaible foreign partner who will assist me and my mother to transfer and invest this fund in his country.40% of the total sum will be your share for assisting me and my mother to transfer and invest this fund.

I want you to assist me and my mother to contact the finance firm where the consignment is deposited as our foreign partner who will receive the consignment in your country.this consignment will be deliver to you via diplomatic services door to door by the finance diplomat or you can go to any of their correspondent diplomatic house to receive the consignment peacefully.

send me your telephone and fax number with your postal address to submit to the diploamtic firm as our foreign partner to began the process the shippiment of the consignment.the pin code number of the box will be send to you to enable you to open the consignment once the consignent arrive in your country.

the vital deposited documents will be scan or fax to you for.you will send me and my mother a letter of inviation once the finance diplomat develiver the consignment to you door to door sevices as the shipping director assured me and my mother in the office.

call me and my mother for more detail sammycamara1111@walla.com + 221 665 62 09 my mother is sending her greetings for your kind help. call us for more detail + 221 665 62 09 sammycamara1111@walla.com

Yours Truly Son,

Sammy & Mother



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