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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: smith ana <smithana2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:12:04 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Mr. Smith Ana


ATTN

Good day, Compliment of the season to you and how your
work is over there including your health condition
generally. My name is Smith Ana from Accra Ghana. My
father is among of people are feared drowned after a
boat sinks off Cameroon's Atlantic coast en route to
Gabon. And my late father is a producer and merchant
of COCOA, COFFEE, and TIMBER and also he is a
membership of Gold distributor in Accra Ghana before
his death. He has exported some goods over a million
of dollars to one of his foreign customer and the fund
has been paid and deposited with the security company
.Sir since my late father his died, we have lost all
his foreign partners, and am the only son of my
parent. Please view the website of the incident
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/default.stm

Before my late father died, the total amount of (14,
500, 000, 00 U S Dollars) which his foreign customer
paid has been deposited with the security company in
Accra Ghana as (family treasure) and also have two
trunks boxes that contain (Diamond Gold) which has
been deposited in security firm in Europe, luckily for
me my late father used my name as his next of kin, sir
because of the irrevocable condition of this
Consignment (money) and the (Diamond Gold) that it can
only be claimed by any of my late father foreign
partner as beneficiary.

I decide to contacted you being a foreigner to present
you as my late father foreign partner to assist me and
claim this consignment (money) from the security
company as beneficiary and also because of the
magnitude of this fund which I know that investing in
Europe will be a dream for me to search for more
knowledge and make me be what I want to be in my life.

Meanwhile I get the certificate of deposit that cover
this luggage (money) where my late father keep it and
the (Diamond Gold) , please sir I want to present you
as his foreign partner to claim this Consignment
(money) and the (Diamond Gold) as beneficiary.

Now sir, I want this fund and also the (Diamond Gold)
to be claim by you and shifted immediately to your
country to enable me come and invest with you in your
country, I will like to buy shares with the part of
the total amount of the money in some reliable company
in your country or any proper investment with you that
is very reliable for me, and also i want you to be my
late father foreign partner and claim this consignment
(fund) from the security company immediately as
beneficiary, Because my late father’s families are
prepared to share his property including this fund.
Meanwhile I will offer you 40 % of the total amount
this money after this transaction

Please I want you to send me your personal telephone
number to me for further discussion, I will be
expecting from you soonest, and I will be grateful if
you can render this assistance for me, get in touch
with me for more detail.

Waiting for your urgent response to help me finance
this transaction so that both of us will achieve our
goal.

With regards,


Mr. Smith Ana.+233242164161

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