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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Ansar Mensah" <jransar2005@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 08:12:35 +0000
Subject: From Ansar Mensah

Please Treat as a Matter ot Top Urgency as you read

Dear Friend

It is with greate pleasure and honesty to get across to you for a very
urgent and profitable business proposal, and it is of greate interest
that we relate to each other well hence from this moment despite the
fact that I don't know you neither have I seen you before but my
confidence was reposed on you when I came across your contact in one of
the directory for an independent foreigner company/individual who can
represent my interest well as I search for a credible overseas partner
to do
business with.

I am the Eldest son of late Mr.Ansar Mensah. My father while he was
alive was a very successful business man and also a very lovely
father.I and my family came to realised that he had deposited (Money)
with a
financial Institute by name Westcoast security company which total the
sum
of US10 Million (Ten Million U.S.Dollars) about 2 years before his
death in
2004.

Until today My self and my Family member has made several attempts to
collect the funds from the security company but all our effort has
proved
abortive because my father before he died gave a standing instruction
to the
Then administrative manager of the Financial
Institute that in case of his enventuality( he was suffering from
Cancer of the Liver) under no Condition should this funds be released
to us without Members of my family providing/presenting a reputable
investor who will stand as our family investor and present a good
investment plan before the money can be released to us.

Now with all the conditions of the Financial Institute as placed by my
late father, I would want you to front as my family investor so that we
can
successfully collect this funds ($10m)from the Financail institute.

After the collection of this funds, we can indeed go into a profitable
investment that would be recommended by you otherwise we would all go
separate ways if you want. In actual fact,we already have a Copy of the
Certificate of Deposit in our possession and this we will use to
perfect all necessary documents and swear to an affidavit of claims in
a
court of law to back up your claims that youare our investor for the
past 5
years.

The whole procedures will last only four working days to get the
Box containing the money (US$10Million) retrieved successfully.

Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all
necessary things. As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back
to me indicating your interest, Then I will furnish you with the whole
procedures to ensure that the deal is successfully concluded.

For your assistance we shall agree on a percentage sharing when we've
come into an agreement but i am willing to give you 15%. while 5% will
cover
any expense you and i may eventually incure in collection of the Fund.

Please for security reasons, all futher correspondence should be
address to
( jransar@k.ro ) only.

I await your earliest response.
Thanks,
Yours Sincerely,
Ansar Mensah Jr.


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