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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: princenjamah@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:23:42 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MY=20BROTHER=20BE=20PART=20OF=20THIS=20TRANSACTION?=



FROM THE DESK OF PRINCE NJAMAH
SON TO THE LATE,MANAGER,
SIERRA LEONE DIAMOND,
MINING COOPERATION ,
47 WHITE CRECSENT AVENUE,
CHIAZALA ROAD, SIERRA LEONE
EMAIL:contactnjamah@myway.com
Dear sir,
Thank you for taking the time to read this mail. My Name is Prince Njamah,from

Diamond rich country District of Boboli in Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
I am the only son of Late Mr.Francis Njamah, the former Managing director
of Sierra Leone diamond mining Co-operation.
I am currently living in a refugee center In London, UK. My mother and
I have been unfortunate to find ourselves Caught up in a very difficult
situation in London. I Know you will be surprise to receive this message,
but It is of utmost importance to me and my mother.
Anyway, I am about to entrust my destiny and the destiny of my whole dependants
on your shoulder if you can help us, it will also be of immense benefit
to you too. This transaction demands utmost trust, honesty, integrity and
most importantly, secrecy. It is only through the above that my mother.

and I will be assured of our security. This regrettable situation led to
the
killing of my father and only daughter and the displacement of my family
During the brutal civil war in my country Sierra Leone, my late father of
blessed memory was brutally murdered by the rebels led by Mr. Foray Santo,he
was murdered with my only daughter (mary). But l and my mother only managed
to escape to UK, through the help of the International Rescue
Committee (IRC).But before my late father's death, he drew my attention
to a box
containing twelve million,five hundred thousand great british pounds (12,500,000,000pounds)
which he smuggled out at the Start of the war to a security company in
Europe (UK) The security company does not know the real contents of the
box.
He registered it in the name of my family art and monuments, He also gave
me the certificate of deposit and receipt issued to him by the security
company, which I still have in my possession.The problem I have is that
as a refugee, the immigration law does not allow us to open or hold bank
account in London and I do not want to seek the assistance of just anybody
for fear of being duped or defraud of our only livelihood, I have sold almost
all my jewelries to keep body and soul together,hence the British Government
is not really taking care of us
.What is required of you is to give us your full name and contact address
so that I can secure a Power of Attorney in your favor that would enable
you contact the security company as the beneficiary of the box. You can
then transfer the funds to your bank account after the box must have been
released to you. In order to make it worth your while, we will give you

30% share of the money while 60% will come to us. We have also map out 10%
of the principal sum for any
expenses that you may incurred during the transaction process including
traveling expenses
we intend to invest the remaining part of the money on your advice in any
viable business ventures in your country, you may even act as our financial
adviser if you are so disposed looking forward to your immediate response,
as I believe that destiny
has brought us together, mail me back on this email address because this
email is private
contactnjamah@myway.com
Yours Faithfully,
Prince Njamah
For the family
Please visit the following web pages for further
information on the Sierra Leone war.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sl.html
http://www.hrw.org/reports98/sierra/
http://www.refugees.org/news/crisis/sierraleone/sierraleone_photos.htm
http://www.theirc.org/Sierra%20Leone/
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/sankoh1.html

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