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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: "jocob" <joo_garang@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:46:57 +0000
Subject: DR garang family

Dear beloved friend 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 fourteen of his members on
Saturday July night 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 to Accra
Ghana west Africa where I am now writing you to
solicit your assistance in getting out this amount of
US$( US$50.550.000.00 (Fifty Million Five hundred and
fifty Thousand United States Dollars which secretly
lodge with financial house here in Accra.

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 confidential .to
refresh you memory on how it happen this fund was
lodge here by my father as personal items related to
his foreign partner which on name was mention on space
and this what I want you to act for me, to achieve
this goal I will like you to know that all the
necessary documents both an agreement bound of my
father with finical house made is with me now .I will
made it available when it is needed by you as I
solicit your wiliness to stand as original benefactor
and beneficial of the said items as it was stated in
this agreement and your wiliness 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
this items contain in two trunk boxes which nobody
knows that is 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 achieve, his life, death and
of my family affair SEE (
<<<http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=allbbc&go=homepage&q=jo>
hn+Garang+of+sudan&x=29&y=10>>)

Accepting to help me out in this project I wish to
inform you of my offer you 30% of this fund on
conclude of this transaction I also assure you of 100%
risk free of this project, so dear friend get back to
me soon

Thanking you with regards.
Jocob Garang
For the family.




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