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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: Johnson Adu <josonadu_01@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:49:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: DETAILS:




Dear,mr singh,

my cute regards,you will trust me as we proceed in this deal,i sorry you invested your money and no positive result,just give me all the informations
needed and you will see the legitimatcy of this transaction.
Thanks for your interest in this deal and your understanding too,here is the details of this deal though i won't even be surprise if you are skeptical over this transaction due to how strange it might sound and both of us has not met each other before my proposal but i will want you to believe that God's way is different from that of human beings. Moreso deals like this had been successfully executed by two unknown strangers.This propels me to put you through to the true picture of this risk free deal which mainly exist here in West Africa where corruption and looting is the order of the day hence Government officials in high positions uses this mean to divert monies abroad by foreigners like you for their future investment if they retire or been fired from office since our stay in office does not last long due to changes in government which always allow re-shuffling of offices .I want you to benefit from this opportunity which i believe my contact to you among every
persons in the whole world is Divine. Before contacting you,i had series of prayers and fasting for divine direction to an honest and trusthworthy person who will not betray me once the fund is in his/her custody.

Having resolved to entrust this transaction into your hands, I want to remind you that it needs your commitment and diligent followup, if you show commitment and follow my instructions this entire process should be over within 7-14 working days.

First, I will like to know your line of business and your marital status. You should note that this project is highly capital intensive, this explains why I have to be very careful. I need your total devotion and trust to see this though I know we have not met before, but I am very confident that we will be able to establish the necessary trust that we need to execute this project.

With the write of mandamus already secured from high court to pursue this inhertance claim,all procedures which includes getting the Inheritance "Probate" from Ghana high court legalising your name as the next of kin to the deceased and other inheritance rights and privileges of the said inheritance will be perfected by an attorney which I will employ here on your behalf to give the entire process a legal backing.

Before we commence, as this deal is my last hope which trust and transparency need to be applied,Here is my brief background to know whom you are dealing with.I am 53 years old born in Kumasi - Ghana,with 4 children (one boy and three girls from my former wife.I am now in new marriage with a Cape Verdian wife who is currently pregnant for me.On completion of all procedures by the attorney, all the documents will be sent to you to be submitted to Ecowas if they demand it.this will invariably make you the bonafide beneficiary of the said funds.

Our dream is after this fund has been succesfully transferred into your account,we and our families will come over to your country to share the fund according to the agreed percentages and subsequenly invest our share of the fund in your country subject to your supervision where we will live throughout our life.please your major role is to research on where we will invest our share of the fund as we are civil servants and have little or no knowledge about business enterprises.I want to re-assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free as it has been covered from any act of enquiry from whatsoever but we once more solicit your confidentiality in this deal as we will not like anything that will jeopardise the progress of this transaction.

To guide ourselves physical and spiritually,i implore you to go into prayers/fasting immediately we proceed on this deal so that your name/company can be approved with other contractors that will be paid their contract funds soonest as God is supreme.It is when this fund is approved,we can then be happy and rejoice over the ownership of the fund.To avoid mistake,Always follow my instructions and ask questions when you could not understand to avoid any mistake from your side and once you receive any message from either the paying bank or our organisation (Ecowas).call me immediately for relevant advise.

Please If you are not going to participate full in this transaction,you are free to say NO now that the transaction has not been documented on your name as we will not like any disappointment in between the transaction rather lets us be ordinary friends.

As soon as I hear from you, I will send to you an official application of claim to fax to Ecowas for the process to commence

If you wish to find out further about the existence of our organisation,here is the official website of Ecowas Fund whose headquarter is in Republic of Togo and Abuja secretariate or www.sec.ecowas.int

But never you contact anybody concerning this transaction in this site since you are aware that this deal known only between me and you.If authority of Ecowas happens to know,i will not only sacked from office without benefit rather i will be prosecuted.We have to do everything to protect this deal as here lies our future.A word is enough for the wise. Reply me imediately you receive this email for confirmation.

Hoping to hear from you

In God we trust

Mr.Johnson Adu


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