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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: NKOSITONY50 <nkos01@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:25:44 -0700
Subject: 20% FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE


Dear Friend,

I am TONY NKOSI, the first son of late chief JOSEPH NKOSI, from mende
district in Sierra Leone.

I got your Contact through the world online\internet network.My source
of your contact gave me the courage and Confidence to contact you about
this very delicate matter.

I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to Seek your
assistance to transfer our cash of twenty One million eight hundred
thousand dollars ($21,800,000) now in The custody of a security and
trust compan to your private account pending our arrival to Your
country.

SOURCE OF THE MONEY:

My late father, Chief JOSEPH NKOSI, a native of mende district in the
Northern province of Sierra Leone, was the general Manager of The
National Mining Co-operation (N.M.C.) Freetown. According to my father.

This money was the income accrued from mining Co-operations over draft
and minor sales. Before the peak of the civil war between the rebels
forces of major Paul Koroma and the combined forces of ECoMOG peace
keeping operation that almost destroyed my country, following the
forceful removal from power of the Civilian Elected President Ahmed
Tejan Kabbah by the rebels.

My father had already made arrangement for his family (my mother, my
youoger sister and myself} to be evacuated to a neighbouring West
African country, with our personal effects and the box containing the
money.My father deposited the box in a private Security Company for the
safe custody until after the war when he will join us.

During the war in my country, and following the indiscriminate looting
of public and Government properties by the rebel forces, the mining
coop. Was one of the targets looted and destroyed.

My father including other top Government functionaries Were attacked
and killed by the rebels because of his relationship with the civilian
Government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.As a result of my father death, and
with the news of my uncles involvement in an air crash in January our
hope of survival was completely dashed.

The untimely deaths caused my mother heart failure and other related
complications of which she has been suffering fom all these years.She
died in the hospital just last month after we have spent a lot of money
on her.

Now my younger sister and myself(I am 26 and she is 18) are alone in
this strange country suffering without any care or help.Without any
relatives, we are now like refugees and orphans. Our only hope now is
in you and the box deposited in the security company.We can?t go back
to Sierra Leone even after peace have been restored because We don?t
know what will happen to us as its the murderers that are now in
power.To this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the following
ways.

To assist me claim this box from the security company as a foreign
partner/beneficiary.

To transfer this money in your name to your country.

To make a good arrangement for a joint business Investment on our
behalf in your country and you,the caretaker.

To secure a college for my younger sister and myself in your country to
further our education.

And to make arrangement for our travel with you to Your country after
you have transferred this fund.

Most importantly, the security company officials do not know the exact
content of the box because it was declared Documents,photographic
papers and valuables belonging to a foreign partner. The whole
documents issued to my late father after deposit are all in my custody.

Please I'm waiting for your urgent response on this matter as its then

I'll let you know me and my sister's location and the contact details
of the security company here.

Thanks and God bless you

Best regards
TONY NKOSI (for the family).







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