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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: "Abba Camara" <abba_camara2005@msn.com>
Reply-To: abba_camara@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:26:30 +0000
Subject: Joint partnership Venture

Joint partnership Venture

>From The Desk Of
Abba Camara
Fax 1-303-496-3486


Dear Sir,

I am Abba Camara, Chairman of Contract Award and Verification Panel set up
by the Guinean Ministry of Aviation. I got your contact from the net during
my personal search, after thorough deliberations, my colleagues and I
decided to contact you for a very confidential business transaction of
mutual benefit During our verification exercise, we came across an
over-invoiced contract (Contract No:(FMA/PED/1473/98). This contract was
awarded in July, 1998 and completed in August,2000, and the original
contractor has since been paid his contract sum leaving
the over-invoiced sum of nine (8$) Million, United States Dollars:

This amount have been left floating in our account with the federation
bank, until our recent discovery. My colleagues and I have decided to seek
for the assistance of a reliable foreign partner into whose account the
fund will be transferred into for our own use. If this proposal is
acceptable to you, a "Deed
of Transfer" of the above contract will be obtained on your behalf, to
empower you as the legal beneficiary of the contract and the sum to be
transferred. All necessary and relevant documents will be procured for the
release and transfer of the fund into your nominated account.

An application for foreign exchange allocation will be made on your behalf
from my office to the federal ministry of finance (FMF) and the federation
bank for the subsequent release and transfer of the fund into your
nominated account. Be informed that we are working in collaboration with
top officials of the federal ministry of finance and the federation bank,
who will assist us in the transfer of the fund. With your cooperation the
success of this transaction is guaranteed. We have agreed to compensate you
with 25% of the total sum, 70% will be for me and my colleagues here, while
the remaining 5% have been
mapped-out for miscellaneous expenses that might be incurred by both parties
during the course of this transaction. All things being equal, this
transaction will be concluded within 6 working days upon the day of receipt
of your response. You are required to email us your nominated bank account
details and your direct telephone and fax numbers.

Please treat this transaction with top priority and remember to keep it as
confidential as possible. As soon as we receive your response, more details
about how to proceed will be given to you.

Best Regards,

Abba Camara


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