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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: Mr Thompson Adjei <thompsonadjei006@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:39:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please read carefully and reply


Dear Amarjit Singh

Thank you for your mail, I hope all is well with you and your family.

I have not replied you because I was away on an official duty, I just got back to see your mail

I Really understand your doubts and fears, I appreciate them, this means that you are a cautious person and by extension, the right person for a partner in this transaction.

I will like to address the issues raised in your mail to me in sequence.

1) My name is Mr. Thompson Adjei
2) My mail address is Plot 14, Madinna Estate, Accra-Ghana
3) My Tel. Number is +233 243 709757,233 242 383509
4) I am a Managerial Staff of the company in question.
5) The name of the company is Trust Security Company (GH) Ltd.

6) As mentioned in my last mail to you, we need to send your name as the depositor of this consignment, I will provide you with all the relevant identification codes and once you can prove this with the company, you will be entitled to collect the deposit, I will be with you in every inch of the way, I will not allow you to fail as your failure will also mean mine, I have worked for over 20years to get to where I am now, I will not like to take chances and let my reputation and all I have worked for to come to nought.

7) I think it is pertinent for me to explain again how I got your email address contact, I got your email information from one of my good friends who works with Ghana's Chamber of Commerce and industry on foreign business relations here in Accra-Ghana though I did not disclose the deal to him. When he gave me your email address, I did not ask him his source because, I trust his judgment, having known him for a very long time. So my thinking is that if my friend can give me your email address contact when he knows that I am looking for a trustworthy foreigner, then you must be trustworthy and honest.and my international passport is attached to you

8)Thank you for accepting to execute this transaction with me, the way to realizing the objective is very simple if you can follow my instructions to the later, all the processing will be handled legally. I will give you an instruction letter, which you will send to Security Company for the release of the deposit, as soon as you submit the letter, you will revert to me and we will follow up the processing.

9)Please respect the confidential nature of this transaction, I am still working with the company and so if this deal should leak to the wrong ear, you would have jeopardized both this transaction and my carrier. You should indicate where you will like to collect the box from whether in Accra Ghana, Europe or United States my company has outlets in Europe where we can collect this deposit from if you cannot come to Africa or United States.

10)There is no risk involved on your side, all you have to do is to follow my directives and we shall conclude this transaction before you know it. Your share of the money will be 40% of the total sum and I am willing to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on this. I also need a particular confidential telephone numbers to reach you with at any time of the day. As a mark of good faith, please find attached a copy of my international passport, if you can let me have yours, it would be appreciated.

11) This money 41500000 USD where does it come from? As I told you in my first letter to you, this fund was deposited by the Late President of Togo, Late President Eyadema, this deposit is a numbered deposit, it is only the depositor that can know the codes and nobody else and it is not deposited with name but by code,
whoever can provide the codes and the details of the transaction can assess the deposit, it is as simple as that, that is why the codes are top secret.

12) I am the only person that knows about it because I was the man in charge of that department when the deposit was made, I handled the transaction and by our law, I cannot divulge the information to any other person, I took a particular notice of this deposit because of the person involved and the amount involved in the deposit.

13) I need you to get this money because I cannot apply and collect this deposit on my own.
I await your response so that I will give you the letter you will send to the company.and please give me telephone number to reach you.

God bless you and your family.

Mr. Thompson Adjei
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