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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.zambli otumba" <zambliotumba5@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: zambliotumba@walla.com
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:49:16 -0700
Subject: hello(urgent)



Sir,

First and foremost, I must solicit your
strictest confidence in this transaction and I pray
that my decision to contact you will be given genuine
approval considering the facts we have not known each
other before; I wish to use this opportunity to
introduce myself to you. I am (zambli otumba) from
Liberia, West Africa. I write to inform you of my
desire to invest, and to buy a living house in your
country. I am the first son of Mr. Opong Weah otumba; my
father was a diamond/gold merchant in my country.My
father had a bullet shot by the rebels on his way
traveling out of my country with two of my younger
sister's due to crisis that is inour country (Liberia).
My sister's died on the spotwhile UN peacemaker, keeping
force rescued my father,and he was taken to hospital for
medical treatment,which he later died. Before he died he
revealed to me and my mother about the box containing:
some raw gold and $5.5 million, (five million and five
hundred thousand us dollars). Which he deposited with a
security company in Ghana for safekeepingyou can check the web sitehttp://www.liberia-leaf.org/reports/trials/war/conseq.htm.

My father did not disclose the content of the box to the
security company to avoid the officials from raising
eyebrows to the funds. Presently my mother and myself
are here in Ghana to notify the security company for
the claims, we are here as refugees .
Therefore I want you to come down here in ghana and be our
beneficairy to this funds and withdraw this funds out
from the security company as the direct beneficiary of
this consignment and direct me on how best we can
invest this money, , my mother and myself have
agreed to offer you 25% of the total amount of the
money. We have all the vital documents covering the
deposit and the ownership, which I can send to you
through fax on request.Note: I will like you to keep
this as confidentail as ever.Forward to me your fax
and phone or mobile numbers for easy cominications.

Waiting for your urgent response.
Best regards,

Mr. zambli otumba(For the entire family)



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