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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: "moses alber" <moses_alber@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 15:22:11 +0000
Subject: INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY FROM GHANA

ATTN:DEAR SIR,

It is my pleasure to write you after much considerations, since I feel
that my message will comes to you by surprise at first, but do not
worry
Being the only son of my father late Chief Williams ALBER.

My father was a limited liability Cocoa and Gold Merchant in my country
before his untimely death. After his business trip to ghana
d'Ivoire, to negotiate on a Cocoa business a week after he came
back from ghana, he hard ca raccident and was rushed
to a hospital where he died after five days in hospital, on that
faithfull
afternoon. I didn't know that my father was going to leave me
after I had lost my mother.

But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to
die. He my father,(may his soul rest inperfect peace) disclose to me
that he deposited $18.5 m(Eighteen Million five hundred thousand dollars)
here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.

That the money was meant for his cocoa business he wanted to invest in
ghana though, according to my father he deposited the
money with them and made it clear that the money is only for onward
transfer and for foreign investment Abroad.

That is only the foreign partner beneficiary will have the full right
and access to operate the account that is why he instructed me to seek
for a foreign assistant who will help me transfer the money out from

ghana for a life-time investment abroad. Now, I have
succeeded in locating the company here in ghana and also I
confirmed the deposit with most honest and confidentiality.

Now I am soliciting foryour assistance to help me transfer this money
out from ghana to your country abroad so that we can invest it in any
lucrative business in your country, strictly in your advice, because
this is my only hope in life.

As I am awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the
modalities of this transaction. I have mapped out for you 15% of the
total fund which stands for your commission for presenting a foreign bank
account where the money will be transferred to and more also you shall
benefit 5% of the monthly total In come/interest of the said venture.

Please do not hesitate to reach me through the above email address


Thanks for your kind attention and mutual understanding.

Yours faithfully,

FROM:JMOSES W.ALBER.

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