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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: draman musa <dra_musa2005@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 02:05:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Draman Musa


>From Draman Musa
Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire
West Africa

Dear Sir,

I am Draman Musa from Ghana,I am the only Son of Allahaji Abu Musa
the executive director and the owner of Abu's Fram/Agro Industry Limited here
in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.
My late father was murdered in cold blood by some armed gang on the 17th
may 2002 while on his way coming home after his business trip, before the death of my
late father ,he told me that he deposited the sum of( $8.5 million US dollars)(Eight million five hundred thusand us dollars) in a Bank here in
Abidjan , and the agreement made on the day he deposited the money, stated that the money belongs to his foreign business partner
And he didnot declear the name of his partner to me before his death, now I want you to stand as his foreign business partner and the rightful beneficiary of the money and help me to transfer the money into any nominated account you might provide.
I will give you the details of this transaction in full if you are willing to assist me in transferreing this money from the Bank for onword investment in your country.
I will offer you 10% of the total money that is involved and give you 5% for any expences you incured while 85% will be for me for the investment
in your country.
I wait for your urgent reply.
Thanks,and God Bless you

Yours sincerely
Draman Musa















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