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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: Joy_amadi Amadi <ajoy_amadi@email.ro>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:58:02 +0300
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE PLS



DEAR

I need a trustworthy and honest person who i can rely on. I am a citizen of
Sierra Leone the second son to the slain Minister of Mines and Energy who was
killed during the Sierra-Leonean war by the rebels.

I am now residing in accra ghana, west-africa.My father died and left
behind physical cash of $32Million US dollars, Which he safely deposited in a
security house during his regime in the office. I need a foreign partner who
can stand as my father foreign partner so that we can retreive the money from
the security company.

My father foreign partners are now having a business relationship with the
present minister of mines and energy,i have nothing to do with them because of
my security.

I am hereby soliciting your assistance to help me get the money out of the
present location. If you are willing to assist me we will now enter modalities
of percentage.
Thanks

best regards






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