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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: "gideonjohnsn@terra.es" <gideonjohnsn@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 21:06:41 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.


GOOD DAY TO YOU,
MY NAME IS GIDEON JOHNSN THE FIRST SON OF LATE MR. JOHNSN BRIGGS, WHO WAS THE FORMER FINANCE MINISTER IN SIARA-LOAN

I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO STAND AS MY FOREIGN BENEFICIARY AND RECEIVER OF AN AMOUNT OF ELEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (USD11,500.000.00) THESE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED IN A TRANSIT ACCOUNT WITH SG-SSBANK.GHANA BY MY LATE FATHER PLACED AN INJUNCTION THAT THIS MONEY MUST BE TRANSFER ABROAD STRICTLY FOR INVESTMENT FOR THE FAMILY AND MY EDUCATION.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS, SEND ME THE SCAN COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT AND YOUR ACCOUNT COORDINATES, SO THAT I WILL FORWARD THEM TO THE SAME BANK . AFTER THIS, YOU WILL THEN CONTACT THE BANK FOR VERIFICATIONS.

TRANSFER SHALL TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. YOU ARE ALLOWED 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS YOUR CUT WHEN THE MONEY GETS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, WHILE YOU HELP ME SECURE VISA TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION AND THE INVESTMENT.

I AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE.

YOURS SINCERELY,

GIDEON JOHNSN





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