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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: "Musa Ahmed" <musa_ahmed26@msn.com>
Reply-To: musaahmed22@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:41:08 +0000
Subject: help

U.N REFUGEE CAMP
ACCRA GHANA WEST AFRICA
altemail:refugeecampinfo@freeghana.com

ATTN:ASSISTANCE,
YOU ARE WELCOME IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, I AM MUSA AHMED. WHO IS PRESENTLY IN
CHARGE OF REFUGEE MOVEMENT CHAPTER(RMC) I CONTACTED YOU OF MY INFORMATION
FROM ONE OF THE SIERRE LEONIAN REFUGEE(FRANCES GEUI,20 YEARS)WHO LOST HER
FAMILY DURING THAT CRITICAL WAR IN
THEIR COUNTRY.

I AM WRITING YOU OUT OF MY INVESTIGATION ABOUT HER MOTIVE,I DISCOVER THAT
HER LATE FATHER (ROBERT GUEI)DEPOSITED FOR THE FAMILY A HUGE SUM OF
MONEY($5,000,000 DOLLARS) WITH VALUABLE ITEMS(GOLD AND DIAMONDS)WITH ONE
KEEPING COMPANY(Z.S.C) HERE IN GHANA.NOW I AM LOOKING FOR A RELAIBLE PERSON
WHO CAN TAKE CARE OF THE YOUNG GIRL
TOGETHER WITH HIS PROPERTY FOR INVESTMENT ABROAD TO ENABLE HER CONTINUE HEr
EDUCATION AS SHE DOES NOT WANT TO STAY HERE IN AFRICA OR DO WITH AFRICAN
AFTER HER HORIBBLE EXPRIENCES, ALL THE DOCUMENTS OF THE PROPERTIES ARE
INTACT,SO IF YOU CAN HANDLE THIS WITH FEAR OF ALLAH JUST GET BACK TO US SO
THAT WE CAN CONTACT THE SECURITY COMPANY. UPON RECEIVING YOUR RESPONSE MORE
DETAIL WILL BE SEND
TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD.

GOD BE WITH YOU
MUSA AHMED


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