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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: nayo lander <nayolander2005@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 05:51:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE


GOODAY SIR,
FIRST,I MUST SLOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS LETTER AND I PRAY THAT MY DECISION TO CONTACT YOU WILL BE GIVEN A GENUINE APPROVAL CONSIDERING THE FACT WE HAVE NOT KNOWN EACH OTHER BEFORE.
MY NAME IS NAYO LANDER. A SERIA LOONE CITIZEN.MY FATHER WAS FORMERLY A DIAMOND MERCHANT WITH A LANCENCE IN SERIALOONE ALSO HE HAS A GOLD MINING SITE IN GHANA UNFORTUNATLY HE WAS ASSASINATED BY THE REBLE IN SERIALOONE ALONG WITH MY MOTHER LEAVING ONLY ME AND MY TWO YOUNGER SISTERS I AM THE FIRST SON OF THE FAMILY OF 5 THREE CHILDREN MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER PRESENNTLY AM IN GHANA WITH MY SISTER.
SIR, MY MAIN REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU IS THAT MY FATHER HAS SOME HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY $12.500M USD (TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS). IN SECURITY COMPANY IN GHANA WHERE MY FAMILY TREASURES WAS KEPT. I HAVE CONTACTED THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SECURITY COMPANY THEIR CONCLUSION WAS THAT I SHOULD GET A RELIABLE PERSONALTY WHO CAN CLAIM THE CONSIGNMENT ON OUR BEHAVE.
PLEASE SIR, WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE AND WE WANT YOU TO ADVICE US ON HOW BEST WE CAN INVEST THIS MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY AS SOON AS THE MONEY BEEN TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT,
WE WOULD FLY DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE BUSINESS THAT YOU MAY RECOMMEND TO US.WE HAVE DECIDED TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WHILE 5% WILL BE MAP OUT FOR OTHER EXPENCES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INTREST TO HELP US PLEASE YOU CAN SEND US YOUR CONTACT NUMBER.
THANKS IN ADVANCE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
BEST REGARDS
NAYO LANDER

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