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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: "Mr J.Garang" <j_garangofsudan01@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 11:29:04 +0700
Subject: BUSINESS NEGOTIATION TO THE DIRECTOR

From: Mr J.Garang
Bangkok-Thailand
Email:j_garangofsudan01@yahoo.com
Tel:+66-46428945

Dear Sir/Madam,

Compliments of the day and my best wishes for you and your family. I am e-mailing to you this business proposition having gone through your remarkable profile through a business address journal and after much delibration, I decided to solicit your interest in business I am about to discuss with you. I know this is not the safest means to have such business discussion, but was left with no other viable option since there is the pressing need to reach you.

I am sending this business proposition to you based on trust and confidence irrespective of the fact that we have not meet before. There's an information I would like you to keep very confidential within yourself until we complete this project and finally relocate my family to your country.

In a mutual agreement with my family, I was mandated to arrange with a reliable and trustwhorthy individual or company for the possible investment of $25.5million United State Dollars in his/her country to ensure that my family have something to hold onto in the near future.The funds was inherited from my late father and presently in a finance and security company awaiting directives from me as my late father's next of kin to move it.

This above sum was packed and sealed in a diplomatic case and deposited in a company's vault here in Bangkok-Thailand, though my father registered the content as valuable items/ Precious stones while the real content is cash in US$bill meant for our family future investment.

Before I go into full details, it is very important to introduce myself to you for a proper and good relationship. I am Mr Joseph Garang 29yrs old, the first Son of late Dr John De Mabior Garang, Rebel leader/founder of the Sudan People Liberation Movement /Army (SPLM/A), and first Vice President of the government of National Unity of Sudan until his painful death in a helicopter crash on his way returning from a peace agreement meeting from Uganda on 30th of July 2005, just three weeks after he was appointed as first vice president Sudan- a position he held for only three weeks before he was killed by the wicked politician in the country.

My late father had been a leader of the Darfur rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army and President of Southern Sudan for the past 21 years, and had lived and fought for peace and one united Sudan longing to see the long-suffering people of southern Sudan experience a better life, and just as he was on the verge of achieving what he has lived and fought for, he was taken away from us and the people of southern sudan at large by some wicked politicians in the country. You can view at the website <http://www.genocideintervention.net/educate/darfurnews/index.php/2005/07/31/breaking-news-sudan-vp-john-garang-likely-dead-in-crash/>

I am contacting you based on a pitiable situation my family is facing now from the hands of the ruling goverment which we are convinced that my father was killed by his opposition leaders in the country.

Due to the contiune problem in my country Sudan couple with the agreement with my family to secure and invest the above funds with a reliable foreign partner, I was able to come over here in Thailand. Presently, I am temporarily on political asylum under the United Nations protection, hence I use this opportunity to look for a trustwhorthy partner who will assist me transfer and invest the above sum in your his/her country. To this regards,

I need your assistance to claim and transfer the above sum into your private/company's account so that I can relocate to plan for the investment of the funds through your personal assistance because I have know experience of investment/management of the fund.

Futhermore, I have certified the existence of the fund in the company's vault with all the appropriate document of the fund in my hand as the next of kin/ beneficiary of the fund and also making frantic effort on the best way to handle this money this is where you come in.

If you do understand my story willing and capable of handling this trusteeship proposition, kindly oblige me by sending your personal and business profile including all contact details for us to move forward without delay. This must be a joint venture transaction and we must all work together with mutual understanding from both sides.

In view of your participation, we have agreed to offer you 25% of the total sum, 5% will be use for upsetting all the expenses incurred in the course of concluding this venture and the remaining 70% that will be for me and my family. Also you stand to gain from any investment you might introduce us into after the conclusion of the transfer. Please keep this confidential until we finalize and get this money into your account for security reasons.

As matter of ugency kindly send me an email for confirmations to enable me establish contact with the finance and security company for immediate removal of the fund consignment from thier treasury department for onward transfer to your country.

Please note; . All I need from you is honest and sincerity because this fund is my life and the life of my family.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation, my regards to your family.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours Faithfully,
J. Garang
On behalf of Garang's family


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