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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: "Jacob Garang Jr." <jacobgarangjr@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jacobgarangjr@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:05:49 +0000
Subject: Dear

Dear.
With grief and ever fresh alive memory of my Great Lovely father Dr John
Garang the first vice president of Federal Republic of SUDAN and former
rebel leader of Southern Sudan Movement of SPLA who died with other f
ourteen of his members on Saturday July 9th 2005 in helicopter clash
when returning from meeting with president of UGANDA.

After his death as an elder son of my father and with permission of my mother
who handed me all the necessary documents regarding this transaction which
I am about to detail you more as it concern you to know I was mandatory by
my mother and my younger ones to leave Sudan for Accra-Ghana, West Africa,
where I am now writing you to solicit your assistance in getting out this
amount of USD8.9 Million Eight Million Nine Hundred Thousand US$ dollars
which my father secretly lodge with financial house here in Accra-Ghana.

As you are reading this letter for my care and of that my family I wish to
remind you that nobody knows my where about except you and my family so I
demand that this transaction have to do with confidentiality to refresh
your memory on how it happened this fund was lodge with the Financial
House in Accra-Ghana by my father as personal items related to his foreign
partner which no name was mention on space and this is what I wanted you to
act for me to achieve this goal I will like you to Know that all the necessary
documents both an agreement bond of my father with Financial House made is with
me now.

I will make it available when it is needed by you as I solicit your willingness to
stand as Original benefactor and beneficiary of the said items as it was stated in
this agreement and your willingness to notify also write to the Financial house of
your coming done for the release of this said items to you as you have to know that
this items contain in two trunk boxes Which nobody knows that it's MONEY EXCEPT you
and my family what Really matters in this Relationship is the entire approach believing
this to be welcome Development I must stress that I contacted you on Trust understanding
and Oneness for the realization of this project Base on this prejudice I need Your utmost
co-operation support and truthfulness in this relationship.

This Is because the business I am about to establish with you must definitely take us affluence
and be considered as the biggest welcome Development of the year You must understand that this is
monetary matter and I have seen and heard how people have been turn apart in the past due to Selfish
desire let us allow God to lead us in this operation so that we can show example in the society For
more information's of my father reign his great achievement his life death and of my family affair SEE
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Accepting to help me out in this project I wish to inform you of my Offer you 30% of this fund on conclusion
of this transaction I also assure you of 100% risk free of this project so dear friend get back to me soon or
call me on Tel:002332 44 68 39 94.

Thanking you with regards
Jocob Garang
For the family




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