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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Linda Addo" <linda_addo@she.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:50:57 +0800
Subject: Waiting for your reply soon

FROM LINDA WEAH ADDO
Hello
First and foremost, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this
transaction and I pray that my decision to contact you will be given
genuine approval considering the facts we have not known each other before
I wish to use thisopportunity to introduce myself to you.

I am (Linda waeh Addo) from Liberia, West Africa. I write to inform you of
my desire to invest, in your country. I am the first daughter of Mr. Opong
Weah Addo; my father was a diamond/gold merchant in my country but now he
is late due to an uproar in my country some years back he was shot by the
rebels with my younger sister after sometime I and my mothere was force to
leave the country for our own dear lieves and come down to country Ghana
for selfty, now staying in the refugee camp.

In the couse of my father's been the chairman of the Diamond/Gold feild of
my country he secretely deposited a huge some of money [twenty-six million
US dollars]outside the country to a nearby country Ghana in a security
company and that is why we have to take refuge here but the problem now is
because of the countries national policies and the financial deficency of
my family as at now we can not go for the fund due to our status as refugee
and moreover my mother will not want the family'sname to be exposed,so I
contact you for an assistance in order to come and release this consigment
from the security company because my late father deposited this consignment
as tresuries for his foreign patner.I want you to come and act as my
father's foreign patner as every of the document relating to the deposit is
with my mother and we can forward it to you on demand.

Meanwhile to secure all things we will employ the services of a lawyer who
willauthenticate all things by providing all legal documents needed and to
obtain an affidavits from the high court which now empower you as the
beneficiary to the consignment at the security company office bear in mind
that your presence will be needed here during the couse of this release
wher you will be accomplained by the lawyer.

upon your acceptance to this mail a 25% interest of the total fund will be
mapped out for your assistance during the disbursement and 5% for any
expense you must have incure during this transaction.

I will really appreciate your gesture if you can contact me with the above
email so that we can discuss and for me to send the documents for you to
view,please don't forget to attach your contact numbers [direct phone and
fax] for an easier communication and sending of the documents. I strictly
confind in you and with trust for your support in order for us to achive
this.
GOD bless,
yours,
Linda Weah Addo.







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