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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: "alice johnson" <alicejohnson26@msn.com>
Reply-To: alicejohnson500@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:07:07 +0000
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME AND MY SON!


PLEASE ASSIST THE NEEDY I want to crave your indulgence in reading through
this mail to understand my predicament.I am Mrs Alice johnson, a Liberia
refugee currently residing at the refugee camp here in Accra-Ghana. All hope
of having a better future was shattered by the war in Liberia, I and my son
being the only surviving family of a gold merchant in liberia will were left
with no alternative than to flee to Ghana. Please I am contacting you today
for you to extend a hand of fellowship to poor victims of circumstance. I
want you to consider affecting my life and that of my son. All hopes was
lost until recently when my late Husband Attorney visited the refugee camp
and I was fortunate to meet him. He had come searching for us at the camp to
pass on certain information that will affect our existence. He said my late
Husband had deposited Eight million united state dollars ($8m) in a trunk of
boxes/gold and diamond with a Security Company here in Ghana stating my son
as the Beneficiary in event of his death.Considering his relationship with
my late Husband, he has since handed these documents to me and I have
equally gone to verify these claims hence I am contacting you to assist me
in retrieving these consignments. Please, what I actually want from you now
is to assist me in retrieving and receiving these consignments on my behalf
because I cannot handle this as a result of my current situation. I have not
disclosed this to anyone before contacting you hence I want you to kindly
keep this as confidential.I beg you in the name of God not to underestimate
my claims and request because I shall endeavor to furnish you with the
necessary documents.Thank you very much and God shall increase you and your
family more abundantly.

Best Regards
Mrs. Alice Johnson.
(for the family)

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