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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: "emilia hills" <emyhills101@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:39:47 +0000
Subject: please help me

FROM: Miss Emilia Hills
MISSIONARY QUARTERS A15
CHURCH ROAD ACCRA GHANA

Dear respectful one

I feel good contacting you today I have read from your add in Internet
knowing quiet well that this contact will bring a lasting relationship.

With regard to your reputation and co-worshipper of God who will not
disappoint me nor deny me in faith, I am directing this letter of
assistance to you.

I am Miss Emilia Hills the 24 years old only daughter of Mr Hills from
Republic of benin.I am searching for somebody who will safe guard my
interest, that of my junior brother (Louis) and this money. Our
father Mr. Hills was a Gold and Cocoa merchant who based in Lome
Togo,
Abidjan cote d'Ivoire, and had a branch office in Accra Ghana.

My father was a wealthy Gold/Cocoa merchant who has business in many
countries in Europe, America and Asian countries.According to my
father, my
own mother Died when I was about six years of age, which means that I
did
not even know my mother very well.
My father Mr. Hills was Poisoned to death by
his
business associates about seven months ago, and he died in a private
hospital in Accra Ghana.

But when he was about to die, he called us beside his sick bed and told
us
that he deposited the sum of twenty Million ,seven hundred thousand United
State
Dollars (US$20.7M) with a security company in Accra, the economic and
administrative capital of Republic of Ghana.
He kept the consingment as "FAMILY TREASURIES"so the company does not know
that there is money in the consignment.

This money was kept for us in my name, his only daughter. Right now I
am a first year student of business management in the University
of ibadan.My
only problem now is that since my father has been poisoned to death by
his
business ssociates, I don't even trust any other person here again
including
my father's brothers and sisters.Right now, I need someone to help us in
the following ways:

1)To help me contact the consignment company in ghana and clear out the
consignment
wheich contains this money(US$20.7M) .
2) Be the manager of this fund and Also my personal guardian until I
finished my studies.
3)You will assist me procure admission for us to continue our studies in
one of the known university in your country.
4) I am wiling to give you 20% of the total sum for assisting us clear out
the consignment.
Me and you can see each other and we can then
make arrangements on what to do next concerning my immediate family[my
brother and my mother].
At the same time and I will go back with you to your country.

We hope to receive your early response, as it will Encourage us, to
start establishing further contacts as It regards to this subject
matters, so that we can give you the company's contact .
This place we are staying now is a House of a church
sister who saw our condition and Decided to house us for a while.

THIS DEAL IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF OUR LATE FATHER'S
BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOWS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION.Reply to my
confidential
email address :(emyhills101@yahoo.com)

Waiting to hear from you soon.
Thanks for your understanding,
Miss Emy Hills





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