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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: "Major Ahmed. Nalo Ramadhani." <ahmedfamily004@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:50:55 +0000
Subject: From: Major Ahmed Nalo Ramadhani.

From: Major Ahmed Nalo Ramadhani.
Tele: + 27-835-438-484.

Attn: Sir/Madam,

I am Major Ahmed Ramadhani, a senior security officer under Charles Taylor,
former Liberian President. Having got great affection and absolute
appreciation for your human and personality, I wish to contact you for
absolute help to safeguard and bank this sum of $22M(Twenty-two Million
Dollars) into your account for me, preferably we can split the sum into
three bank accounts if your account will not accommodate all the sum.
Presently this money is in a private SECURITY FIRM IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA.


I am a senior security officer in charge of arms and ammunition of Charles
Taylor troops. I and two officers were assigned to purchase arms and
ammunition in Iran, so that the New regime of President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf's, can be attacked and overthrown as soon as he left from Nigerian
to the Republic Niger, since he find out that the United State President
Gorge Bush, is putting pressure on the Nigerian President to hand him over
to the War Court tribunal in sierra-Loan, on getting to South Africa, we
heard a news that our leader, Charles Taylor has been arrested while trying
to escape from Nigeria to Republic Niger, between Nigerian and Cameroon
boarder, Perhaps, we saw this as a golden opportunities to divert the funds
$66M for our personal usage, then the funds were shared among us $22M each.

The arrangement of sharing this money with my groups is as a result of
helping ourselves and family since our leader has been arrested by the
Nigerian Government/ security in conjunction with the Bush administration so
that he brought to justice at the War Tribunal Court In sierra-Leone, The
future of my family depends on this fund and as such I will be very grateful
if you can assist me to bank this fund.

Note: Hence he is still alive; I don't want the Family of the ex-president,
Charles Taylor to have an idea of where I am and the fund. When this fund is
cleared and banked in your nominated bank account, my confident (MY SON) Mr.
Ahmed Tofar Ramadhani (JNR), will meet with you to establish an investment
in your country with your assistance on my family behalf, For your reward
and expected services, I have mapped out 25% for you, 5% for expensive that
might be cured on the process of the transaction, while 70% of the fund will
be for my family investment under your close supervision.

For now, you can contact me through this private and confidential telephone
number +27-835-438-484 or on this email.

Waiting to hear from you.

Thanks
Major Ahmed Nalo Ramadhani,

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