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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: "MISS GRACE SIRLEAF." <grace_of_god24@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:35:19 +0200
Subject: PLEASE !!!, ASSIST ME.

Hello dearest,
with due respect ,trust and humility, i write to you this letter , to permit me my desire to go into a crucial business relationship with you.
you might be surprised recieving this mail from me since you don't know me personally.
i got your contact while doing a private research on the internet in guest of a reliable ,loving and caring ,honest and a trusworthy foriegn partner or gentleman who will be able to assist me ,hence decieded to writ you.
i would like to explain to you a bit of my self.
My name is miss Grace Ubaka Sirleaf
i am a 24years young girl, the only daughter of late mr George Yusuf Sirleaf from Monrovia Liberia,
i left Liberia 2 years ago after the sudden murder of my father , to relocate to dakar, senegal which is one of the most peaceful countries in w/africa.
I lost my father 3 years ago(june 2003)as a result of war in Liberia.
my late father was working with our then president Charles Taylor.he was one of the "Charles Taylor's boys"
who traffic and sell diamond and gold abroad for him,
before he was attacked and murdered by the rebels.
OOOOOHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!,that man?SEKOU DAMATE CONNEH?? THE LIBERIA REBEL LEADER,who plot those evil!!!,who's group of rebels killed my dad !!!.
ohh!!! may god forgive him..!!!!
so my dear,
it was because of this tragedy that makes me run out of liberia to relocate to a peaceful country.
and also as the only daughter of a former millionier my life is in danger.
i as the only daughter ,i inherited a big treasure from my late dad.
My mother died on the 20th october 2000 and my dad took me so special because l am motherless.
Before the death of my father on 29th june 2003 in a private hospital in monrovia, he secretly called me on his bedside,when I sat down to listen to him, he started crying, why???because!!!!!!!!!!

(1) He conplained that I am too young to be managing my life,

(2)That I have not finished my university education as he planned for me,

(3)No body to take care of me again as a young girl, but after much crying, he still passed on an instruction to me that he has a sum of US $7,000.000.(Seven Million United States Dollars)
which he deposited in a finance and security company in Europe, that he used my name as the only daughter for his next of kin in deposit of the funds.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was get attacked by the rebels.that when ever i want to utilize this money that l should seek for a GOD fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where l will transfer this money and use it for proper investment purpose ,
so my dear, in this moment i have decieded to utilize this money.
So it is because of this fortune that i am contacting you, because i wish to invest in your country(abroad).
What i need is a responsible,reliable,honest and trustworthy partner or a gentleman whom i can entrust my future , who also is capable of assisting me to invest .
I wish to go into property marketing with this money.
If you accept to assist me,what i need from you is to help me to open a non residential account or you choose any geniune account which will enable me to transfere this money for any further investment..
I personally will take care of all kinds of expences we may inquire in the process of this transaction and i have maped out 20% of the total capital for you, for norminating any account for the transfere of this money.
N.B. I should let you know that the existence of this fortune which i have revealed to you is confidential and authentic,and there is no risk involved in the process of retrieving this money back from the Bank or for the transfering of this money to any account you will provide .
So if you are capable and willing to assist me,you reply via
grace_of_god24@yahoo.com <mailto:grace_of_god24@yahoo.com>
to enable me to fax you all the relevant and necessary documents covering the deposit of this money and or other informations and details you may require from me.
Hope to hear from you soonest in-order to facilitate and commence other arrangements as regarding to this fund.
Thanks.
Yours faithfully
Grace
Grace Ubaka Sirleaf.



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