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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: "MISS SANDRA NGAKUNDU" <sandran_ngakundu@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sandrangakundu100@walla.com
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 15:25:14 +0100
Subject: REQEST YOUR ASISTANCE

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Dear, Good day hope fine with the entire family thanks for your mail, i am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance after.will be glad if you can allow me and lead me to the right channel towards your assistance to my situation now. I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity. I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am Miss Sandra Ngakundu 24 years old girl from Liberia,the only daughter of Late Mr Gabreal Ngakundu the deputy minister of national <http://mail.walla.com/?w=/@msg&fid=-1000&f=0&o=6&p=0&q=&id=9017964&prev=-1&next=-1> security under the leadership of president Charles Taylor of liberia who is now in exile after many innocent soul were killed. my father was killed by the government of Charles Taylor in June last year,he accuse my father of coup attempt and after a month my mother Cynthia
was also killed. The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek you assistance in the area of my future investment and also for a help, i want to hand over some huge amount of money to you in my possession . This money is 6.8 Million Dollars <http://mail.walla.com/?w=/@msg&fid=-1000&f=0&o=6&p=0&q=&id=9017964&prev=-1&next=-1> which was deposited some years ago by my father he made me the sole beneficiary/next of kin. I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to make this claim for am too tender in age to handle this can of transaction,i want you to stand as my foregin partner oversea and also for investment. As I have mention earlier I will make the procedure to this issue to be well know to you,if I am given the opportunity to do so. Pls attach your direct and full information as you reply to me am expecting to hear from you soon. BLOW IS THE WEB SITE <http://mail.walla.com/?w=/@msg&fid=-1000&f=0&o=6&p=0&q3D&id=9017964&prev=-1&next=-1> CONCERING THE DEATH OF MY FATHER YOU CAN GO INTO THE SITE AND READ THE NEWS <http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=35440&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=LIBERIA> you can reach me uregently through this my alternate email address for seurity reason. Email sandrangakundu100@walla.com <http://mail.walla.com/ts.cgi?tsscript=compose&to=sandrangakundu100@walla.com> Thanks and God bless you, My Regard's, Miss Sandra Ngakundu



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