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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: "Gada Kombo" <gadakombo@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:17:34 +0000
Subject: Please read this

My name is Kombo Gada from Ghana a country in Africa. I was
hoping u could be of help to me. The problem at hand involves
life and death. I am the only son of Chief Bongata Gada one of
the richest men in Ghana who is late right now. He died about
two months ago living a fortune for me. My dads properties are
worth about $300 million and presently in his account there is
over $140 million including his investments which are worth up to
$500 million. But my dads brothers are wicked, gready and influencial
men in Ghana who have planned to kill me so they can add all
my father has worked for to thier's.
It was about a mounth and two weeks after my dads death that i was
all alone reading a book in my room when i saw two of my fathers
brothers walk quietly towards the back yard thinking nobody was
watching. So i sneaked quickly to the area where they were and hid
behind the wall because ever since my father died their attitude
towards us( me and my mum) changed. Then i heard my own uncles how
to take over my fathers ptoperties and all his investment.
The worst part of it was that they thought of killing my mother
so they can definitely take-over since am just 17 and in my country
you become an adult by 21. So before then they would get rid if
me easily and have it all to them selves. I told my mum that sameday i heard
it so she informed the police immediately but unfortunately for us my
uncles had already bribed the police. The police told my mum they where
coming to protect us. But the people that came to our house as police where
actually assasins, but luckily for me two of my friends came to visit me at
about 8:30 pm which was unusual after their visit i decided to drop them off
at their houses which took about minutes. And within this period was when
the assasins came to our house. As I approached the gates of my house i
noticed the gates of my house where opened but it could take just the size
of a human being, so i horned several times but non of the security men came
to open the gate wider so i decided to see what was happening. As i entered
the gates i was shocked to se the security men lying dead on the ground, so
i ran towards the house in fear. As i approached the house i noticed there
was no sign of anybody
so i walked quietly into the house and saw the maid dead on the floor then i
sneaked quickly into my mothers room and saw her lying dead on the floor and
the whole place scattered as if an earth quake just happened. I went closer
to my mums body then i touched her and luckily for me she was still alive, i
told her i wanted to call the police but that was when she told me the
police actually did it, she also told me they where looking for the document
( the statement of account and the rest) but she refused to tell them so
they tortured her and left her to die. After all these she showed me where
all the documents were and died.
To cut the long story short i got all the documents and left my fathers
house which was no longer safe for me. As the were already against me and i
was surounded by gold-diggers and betrayers, people that would do anything
just to get money from me, so my trust was very limited. I went to my
father's bank account to withdraw money but the manager immediately called
the security men to hold me down until my uncles came. I knew immediately
that this was my uncles plan so as soon as the security men got careless and
took their eyes of me immediately i ran for my life. Presently as i am
typing this letter i am hiding my identity from the police cos if they know
me i am a dead man in a currupt country like the one am in.
I am sitting here typing this letter to you with documents worth over $600
million and i dont have no cash on me to spend. All i want to do is leave
this country right now and go to USA where i can access some of my fathers
accounts with huge amounts of money then contact some of my fathers business
partners who i know can do something me.
But right now i dont even have money to take a flight out of this
country. And i can sense it each day that this enemies of mine (my uncles)
are drawing closer. Because now that they know i am still alive they want to
quickly find me before i am able to get some help and do justice. Well my
friend theres nothing more i can say since you'v read it for your self. But
theres one thing i promise you that if you help me with just a little amount
of about $2000 to leave this country i will pay you back with double the
amount you help me with as soon as i get access to the account in question
which wont take me more than one day once i arrive at new york. Please i
will need you to trust me because this may sound like a movie but believe me
it is my life story.

In case you want to reach me or help me in any maner you can
reach me on this adress.
Thanks for your concern

GOD bless you

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