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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: "patrick sankoh" <sankoh4god@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:37:38 +0000
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU.

DEAR SCHERZER
how are you and your family? I hope God is in control.

Thanks very much for your reply and also your effort to help me and my memo
out from Africa, because the suffering is getting too much for us.

looking forward to your nice reponse,However my name is Patrick sankoh from
kendu district of seirra leone west africa,but prestentey now in Ghana with
my memo because of the war that kill my family.......so now i and my memo
are in refuge camp in budubuia kason road Accra Ghana.

I have bee keeping this issue for the pass one year, but now we want to go
out from Africa, so if you can see we need this consignment out from Ghana
also.

Dear scherzer........first i will be very happy if you can comedown to Accra
Ghana....so we can take you to standard security campany were my father
foday sankoh deposited my two trunk boxes for save keeping which one of it
contents money and other one is gold and diamond,

I want you to understand that this letter do not come to you as a surprise
because what ever someone is doing in this word people see it, is someone
here that works with the ministry of commerce and industry who recomended
you as someone to trust in this my future life, which i about to open up to
you.....and i want you to also understand that above all we surpose to trust
you not you trusting us because this is my future life.becouse when you
comedown here you will see that what I’m telling you is true and also,
looking to the offer i and my memo will give to you is for you to know that
the suffering is too much for me and my memo here in Ghana that is the
reason why we what to move our consignment, under this mail you will see i
and my memo picture for you to know that is a family you are try to do help
and also we are waiting for your picture too.

And i will be very happy to see you face to face because seeing is
believing, that is all i can tell you and also my memo will like to talk to
you on your phone so she can tell you more about this consignment that my
father keep, and this number you can use and get us.........233 246230220


waiting for your urgent reply so it can enable us to know what to do next
and also here is my father die news on BBC world news for you to know more
about

us.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3112659.stm

Thanks and God bless you.
Yours faithful
Patrick sanoh.

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