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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: Ighoki frank <ighokifrank@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:56:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgent kind assistance pleaze


GOOD DAY .

Dear Amarjit Singh,
This mail would come to you as a surprise because we don’t know each other well, but I strongly believe that for the sake of humanity and deep consign I plead that you treat this mail with utmost urgency.

My name is Mr. Ighoki Frank Joseph, I am a young boy of twenty years old from Liberia, an under graduate of the Sierra Leon Federal University of science and technology, from the Kosmas district of Sierra Leone near my country Liberia.

With great consign in me and pain with humiliation that why I have write you this email as I proposes you sir please regarding the pass pervious serious conflict in sierra Leone and my country Liberia, which have bring about the death my family as he was slaughtered in cold blood right in our sitting room left me and my mother, by the guerrilla of Liberia and the Sierra Leone rabble and where being taken to Ghana by an organization called Revolutionary United Nation front it is a RUF. On my arrival, I could not believe the horrible killing of my family all the way and the great homicides committed by these human predators.

I am contacting you now because after the killing when I got home fine no one I quick rushed into my father's bedroom to collect my passport to run for safety while doing this, on the course of searching for my passport I personally discovered a vital document showing that my father deposited the sum of $ 25 .4 Million U.S. Dollars with a security company called Standard Issuance security company, In Accra Ghana.
I traveled to Ghana as a refugee through the United Nation peace keeping troops however, because of my age, and the high volume of the money in the consignment I have being afeard to go to the company for claim but when I told the chief inspector of my country embassy they strongly advice not to introduce the invest of the money to any black man in Africa, when I went to the security company they told me my father deposited the consignment as an express families items to be transfer foreign for investment,

Therefore am contacting you as my father partner to soliciting your help toward this funds to enable them to be claimed and transfer through diplomatic service from the security company to your home address and assistance in transferring this money to a foreign account when you receive it at your door step. As a young man I told you I have little or could say no experience hence I really wanted you to invest the money for me in your country, while you receive it and I come over to stay with you there I am only and hopeless
I shall come over to your country to invest when you help me and offer you 20% of the total amount twenty four point four million United State Dollars and 5% for your expenses and fulfill my dreams in life please I am asking this as favors because of where I am standing right now. I’m passing through difficulties in Ghana and my future is gradually tearing apart. The consignment in question is my only hope of livelihood hence, I really need your help and assistance regard to propel in life like you know, it is not easy for some one to start all over in Africa when you don’t have any helper Please send me this information and I will sent you the security company contact
(1) your telephone number to reach you please
(2) your fax number to send you the paper work with my father and company
(3) The first page of your international passport or driving license to recognizes you when i travel over to meet with you

I am anxiously waiting to hear from you soonest, as am looking up to you so as to come out of this critical situation that I am into by my late parents inheritance, and all this information are needed to commence transfer from the security company without risk, free and fear diplomatic delivery please put me on the course of life, as God will richly bless you
Ighoki Frank


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