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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: "Dr. Ahmed Owusu." <ahmedowusu2@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:44:42 +0000
Subject: From Dr. Ahmed Owusu.

DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS DR. AHMED OWUSU I AM THE FINANCIAL CONTROLLER OF MR.CHARLES TAYLOR THE FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT. WHEN AMERICA AND ECOWAS PRESIDENTS INSTRUCTED HIM TO STEP DOWN I HAD A CONFIDENTIAL DISSCURSSIONS AND AGGREED WITH HIM TO LOOK FOR A CAPABLE HAND/PARTNER OR A BENEFICIARY TO HELP INVEST HIS MONEY ON HIS BEHALF.

WE HAVE A VERY HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, SO I WANT YOU TO ASSIST ME TO INVEST SOME OF THIS MONEY.

I AM CURRENTLY IN ACCRA-GHANA BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED HERE.

PLEASE KINDLY GET BACK TO ME ON MY PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS BELLOW IF YOU WANT TO HELP;
owusuhmd2@yahoo.com

REMAIN BLESSED

DR. AHMED OWUSU.
Tel: + 233 277 124306
My Private Email: owusuhmd2@yahoo.com



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