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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: "Frank Kabila" <annmu_2002@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:43:24 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT OFFER

Attention : Dear Sir,


In appreciation of your esteemed contact received through a reliable source
and the love for your country I wish to introduce myself, I am Frank Kabila
the son of the late Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Desire
Kabila of the blessed memory.

I know this letter might come to you as a surprise but I honestly do
notintend to surprise you. I wrote this letter in respect of my intention
toinvest the sum of US$ 28M(Twenty eight Million United State Dollars) with
you. I inherited this money from my mother. This money was got through the
exporting and sale of Diamond and Timber when my father was the head of
state. My mother though not his legal wife used her privilege position to
engage in the business of Diamond and Timber since she knows that her
survival will depend on how much she can get out of the privileged
situation.

When my father was assassinated on 16TH Jan. 01 by one of his bodyguards
Lt.Rashidi Kasereke through the conspiracy of some top army officers that
wanted to topple him.. I escaped to Ghana because of the fear that I might
be arrested by my half brother Lt. General Joseph Kabila the present head of
state. Actually his mother and my mother are not in the best of relationship
because of who among them will be the first lady tussle and this ultimately
affected us their children.

My mother advised me to leave For Accra, Ghana where these funds were
deposited for safe keeping with a Private Security Company here in Ghana.On
getting to Ghana where I have been living since then as a political refugee
I am seeking a reliable foreigner who can come down to Accra, Ghana for a
meeting and to clear the funds in his name as the sole beneficiary of the
Consignment as I was afraid of being defraud.

Honestly I contacted you because I don't want to invest this money in
Ghana,due to my status here as a political Refugee. And moreover I wouldn't
want to take risk because this money is all that my Mother and I are
depending on. My step brother Joseph, who is now the present leader of my
country has seized all my father's assets and money He left us empty handed
without knowing about this funds deposited with the Security Company here.
That is why I decided that investing this money abroad should be the best
investment for me. I will be honored if I can be given the privilege of
investing this money with you.

I expect you to be trustworthy and kind enough to respond to this distress
call to save My Mother and I from a hopeless future. And if you agree, I
hereby agree to compensate your sincere and candid effort in this regard
with 20% of the total amount of $28 million US Dollars. When the money ($28
million) is moved into your discrete account. You will be allowed to draw
20% in your favor, while the remaining 80% will be invested meaningfully for
our future if possible in your area of business and differentsectors of the
Economy in your country which are dividends yielding.

Whatever your decision is please reach me immediately, and keep this letter
quite confidential for the interest of my Family.

Best regards

_________________________________________________________________
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