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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: "Gifty.J.Abavana" <gifty_gh@gawab.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:31:46 GMT
Subject: Re: GOD Bless you

My dear VICTIM-FULLNAME  ,

How are you today? I hope you are fine and healthy it is not easy to be in a healthy condition, it is only the favour of God that can keep you in such condition, well in my own case I am a victim of circumstance but I still thank God for the life he has given me.
my dear your first response to me gave me joy and trust to believe you the more, you said that you cant believe this email and that was the reason I decided to get you convinced in trusting me and also to prove to you my sincerity and honesty, I am a woman of dignity but it is my condition that has subdued me, but I still praise God for the gifty of life .

My dear VICTIM-FULLNAME ,  I want you to trust me I really need your help I have two kids Paul and Kofi Abavana 11 years and  9 years of age they have an inheritance of $15million USD and 250kg of gold dust , the money itself was deposited by there late father in a bank volt without complete documentation to claim it as well as the gold in the security company , my late husband deposited this valuables hoping that he will make his foreign partner come for the claims so that the government will not interfere before his sudden death.

Right now I am all alone , my late husbands family has being at war with my family every since my husband was alive , when my husband died the family came together and asked me to remarry my late husbands brother which he is not in any way my class but they insisted that I must remarry him as tradition demands ,to be honest with you honestly I refused because I will not marry a man I do not know and who is not my class , based on this misunderstand they banished me from the community and took away all that my husband laboured for , I was left with only the documentations of this fund and the gold because they do no know about it.

Please my dear I was once a rich woman, a woman of substance but now look at my condition, I will be happy if you can come down here in Ghana to meet me face to face and also see things yourself.
 
Dear come to the prove that you are ask me i will like to tell you that the prove is just for you to come down and see me face to face but before that my family lawyer will give you all the document in your name . also he will give you visa to come down here also he will take you to the Bank volt were the fund is deposited and the security company were the 250kg of gold dust is.

I NEED YOUE HELP, this project needs finance , help me you will never regret knowing me, I have decided from my whoa being to give you 25% of the total sum , please don’t deny me this opportunity .

I will be willing to send to you my Picture were I am lying in the hospital and that of my two sons for your perusal.

I believe in you my dear though I have not seen you but my spirit welcomes you, please send me your photo or any of your identification id to enable me have a glance on you, upon your response to this email I will let you know the next thing to do, I need you to take care of my children because I can see that you are a very strong woman and nobody can cun you on this money I am planning to keep in your care.

Get back to me with good response.

Thank you,

Ms Gifty
 
NB: I will like you to send me you direct telephone number were i can reach you for communication purpose.
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