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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: "mrs mary johnson weba" <mrs_maryjohnsonweba@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: mrsjweba@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:23:28 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL



Mrs mary johnson weba
# 777 Jerry Rawlings Avenue,
Lagoon View Estates Tema-Accra.
Republic of Ghana.


Date 19-3 -2005

Attn.

My Dear,sir& Madam

Best Compliments of the season. I am Mrs.
mary johnson weba a Liberian currently in the Republic
of Ghana. My husband (late) was the chairman of the
Liberian Trust Company (manager of Liberia Ship
Registry) during the government of former President
Charles Taylor.

In the year 2003 he deposited a
consignment with a security Company in Accra-Ghana
.The consignment was deposited in the name of our only
child. The consignment contains precious diamond
stones and a huge sum of US$12,000,000.00(Twelve
Million United States Dollars). The money was
deliberately concealed for Security reasons.

Presently, my ultimate target with the fund is to
relocate to the United States or Canada with my only
child and invest in some High Yield Investment
Portfolios (HYIP). Your kind overseas co-operation and
assistance in receiving the consignment on my behalf
is greatly needed to realize this targ et. I am
willing to reach an accord with you on the modality of
compensating your services.

If you can assist feel free to contact me directly on
the above E-mail Address for further information. I
will be glad to receive your response soon.
Sincerely,
Mrs.mary johnson weba (Mrs)



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