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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: "Master. Tony Richardson." <richardson198219821982@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:10:00 +0000
Subject: Please I Do Need Your Assistance.

GOOD DAY,

I WISH TO WRITE YOU THIS PERSONAL LETTER AND IN STRICT CONFIDENCE, I PRAYED AND FASTED FOR YOU WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO TREAT AND GIVE IT MAXIMUM ATTENTION IT REQUIRES.

I am contacting you base on this business transaction, because somebody has to be contacted, I know you may wonder why you are chosen or contacted since we do not know each other before, but somebody has to be chosen, in brief introduction.

I, am Master. Tony Richardson the senior son of late Dr. Nat Richardson who died on 22nd March 2004 in Monrovia, Liberia, me and my mother Mrs. Florence Richardson inherited the sum of $19, million (Nineteen Million U.S Dollars In Cash) from my father who was The First Executive President Of Liberia before he died.

But before the war started he deposited his fund with the Ghana Commercial Bank, Treasury Department in Africa and for safekeeping and onward transfer. But presently i and my mother want you to help us receive this funds as our foreign partner, What we do want you to do for us, is that we just want you to deal with the Ghana Commercial Bank directly, to stand for us before the bank as the new beneficiary of this fund.

And I will want you to also know that my mother said that before this fund can be reliase to you we will have to sign an agreement with my family so that we can trust you and be sure you agree to take 25% of the total fund for your assistance and 5% for any expensive incure like you making international calls to the bank and the rest 70% you will help us to invest it in a life time investment with your wise advice in your country.

I will get a Power Of Attorney and a Change Of Ownership documents to your name accourding to what the bank said, that will be sign by me in the presence of the Commissioner Of Oath in the High Court Of Justice in Accra, Ghana which is the origin of this fund, that will show to the bank that i the next of kin of the deposited fund of DR. NAT RICHARDSON has given you legal power to receive the fund so the that bank will release this money to you, without any question. You will just tell the bank officials were you want the fund to be delivered to anywhere in the world.

It may surprise you but it the is truth and no one expect you knew that we are still alive and in Ghana that is why you must keep this as a top secret to yourself alone, because my late father signed agreement that the fund is a contract payment for is foreign business associates and should be released without delay or questions. Remember my late father is the biggest Gold and Diamond local sales merchant in West Africa. I do want you to know that all the legal documents covering this fund are with my mother and every thing is legal according to the International Monetary Fund Laws of money transfer law requirement .

Please do contact me with this information’s below for security reasons and so thta i can send you all the legal documents regarding this transaction to you so you can understand wisely.
E-mail:[tony_richardson07@yahoo.ca].

Best regards,
Master. Tony Richardson.



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