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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: "Roselin D.O Magoro" <godmysavior@colacao.es>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:21:52 +0200
Subject: Dear respectful...

PLEASE READ THESE CAREFULLY.

Dear respectful,
I am sending you this proposal of liveupkeeping in absolute confidence
primarily to make you understand fully well that this fund is our only
hope of survival and to these occurs i am suggesting you treat this
matter with total care.

I am Roselin Koffi Magoro Ohiry, the daugther of Director
General of Ghana Pension Board (GPB),
Dr DANIEL KOFFY MAGORO OHIRY, who died while in prison.

I find your contact from the Internet schedule, and i decieded
to contact you for a very beneficial transaction.
Please i have a very confidencial business i want to carry out with you.
It involves the transfer of sixty five million U.S dollar
($65,000,000.00)
in cash which my late father successfully deposited in a bank on my
behalf. I humbly solicit you assist me to transfer this said money into
a
foreign bank account for safekeeping and investment purpose.

(SOURCE OF THE MONEY)
This money was supposed to be the pension
arrears and gratuity of certain late government workers of Ghana ports
Authority (GPA). My late father using his prime position seized
this opportunity to exploit this sum of money by remitting all the
salaries of the dead pensioners into his private account.
Unfortunately, John Agyekum Kuffour heading government legislature
passed
and approved a bill on probity and accountability of permanent
government
functionaries, the charge of emblezment and misappropriation of public
funds was brought to book and levelled
against my father and thus he was imprisoned where he
then died of cardiac arrest of the heart after 2 months in jail.

Hitherto, my father in a close arrangement had earlier on withdrawn all
the money and deposited it in a bank, by his personal adviser where all
necessary documents related to the fund were handed to my junior and
only
brother Humphrey as his next of kin and only son while we sniked out of
the country into a nearby country.

Unfortunately There is an out-blown in Abidjan, the
commercial town of IVORY COAST and the entire country that incurred an
atmosphere of insecurity on lives and properties due to their recent
political unrest which has pressured the need for a reliable assistance
into transfering this said money to an offshore account within the
shortest possible time for investing and mostly for the upkeep and
survival of me and my 2 younger ones.


I have agreed and willingly if you could assist me to offer you 15% of
the fund, while 5% will be mapped out for off setting Bank Charges,
disbursement of bills and other incidental expenses while 80% goes to me
and my family. I dont mind if we transfer the fund into your private or
company's account which would be safer because it is already in use.

This transaction would last for possible working days as soon as I
recieve your good response I would vividly send to you all the documents
relating to this fund to enable you contact the bank of paramount is
your
bank account details for easy
access of transfer and an irrevocable agreement to consolidate the trust
over our mutual shearing interests.

All the whole documents issued on the day of deposit are all in my
custody but my fear is how safe is the money when transfered into your
account; please, I sincerely and honestly plead that you do not betray
me
as this is the only hope of survival left for me and my 2 younger onse.
Please if you appreciate helping us then you should endeavour to get
back
to me so that you and my only brother Humphrey will discuss it over and
agree together. Please Kindly send your response to my direct email
addrese (ingodwetrust@colacao.es) please do direct all conversation to
this address ingodwetrust@colacao.es

Your responds is highly solicited.

Thanks and best regards
ROSE (for the family)


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