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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: abu2005@handbag.com
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:23:38 +0100
Subject: Business Partnership

Attn:

I was a former Director General with the Sierra Leonean Diamond&Mining Corporation
from the time of Valentine Strasser to Tejan Kabba before the rebel war.

I have been living in Accra Ghana for almost one year now due to crisis in
my country and the rebel?s destruction of my whole investment in the Kenema
district of Sierra Leone. I decided to seek your assistance to enable me
transfer and reinvest my money into your account. I was opportuned during
my service to lodge this huge sum of US$10.5million (Ten million,five hundred
thousand United States dollars) in a bank during the illegal diamond sales
five years ago when Sierra Leone was in top crisis.

Now I have been stripped of my position as the director general and
loosing all my whole investment, I rely solely on this money for future investment.
As an international investor, you were recommended to me by your embassy
trade section here in Accra. Actually I requested for a good businessman
or individual who I can transact business with. No one knew about this money
in my account or why I needed an international investor.Moreover, as at the
time I was depositing this money, I informed the bank authorities in Ghana
that it belongs to a foreign partner but I was only acting as a proxy to
the account. Because of this I cannot withdraw from the account without a
foreign beneficiary. Also, as at the time I deposited this I cannot own
such huge sum of money in my position as a civil servant.Therefore, I will
like you to send me your account particulars where the money will be transferred.
More so we will make a formal change of ownership of the documents to yours
by authenticating it with an affidavit of oath that you are that my foreign
partner who was the sole beneficiary of this US$10.5million.

The transfer process will be smooth and 100% risk free. I will want
us to finalize this transaction within two weeks if you respond promptly.

Thank you once again.

Expecting your immediate response. Do call me to confirm receipt of
this email through this address abu_200230@yahoo.com

Sincerely yours,

MR Abu



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