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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: dimeji waliu <waliudimeji@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:31:40 +0100 (BST)
Subject: hi


HELLO,
MY NAME IS WALIU DIMEJI I AM THE SON OF LATE CHIEF BADAMA DIMEJI OF LIBERIA.
MY LATE FATHER WAS THE MINISTER OF FINANCE IN LIBERIA AND HE IS ONE OF THE KINGS IN LIBERIA AND HE WAS KILLED IN THE YEAR 2003 BY UNKNOWN KILLERS IN LIBERIA.
BUT NOW ME HIS NEXT OF KIN AND MY MOTHER IS WIFE ARE NOW A REFUGEE IN GHANA IN LOOKING FOR WHO CAN HELP ME AND MY MOTHER SO THAT WILL CAN SEND THE MONEY TO IS PLACE IF THE PERSON CAN HELP US FOR THE PAY OF ALL DOCUMENT IS IN INVOLVE.
BEFORE HIS DEATH HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF $40,MILLION DOLLARS [ U.S.D] IN THE ROYAL SECURITY COMPANY IN ACCRA GHANA.
ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS I AM HIS NEXT OF KIN TO THE DEPOSITED FUND AND ALL DOCUMENTS ARE WITH ME.
PLEASE I WANT TO TRANSFER THE FUND OUT OF GHANA TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY SO THAT YOU CAN INVEST THE FUND INTO A PROFITABLE BUSINESS FOR ME.
I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU 10% OF THE FUND AS YOUR BENEFIT.
AND I ALSO WANT YOU TO HELP ME TO GET OUT OF THE REFUGEE CAMP
BECOS I AND MY MOTHER ARE IN THE BOJUBORA REFUGEE CAMP IN GHANA.

GET BACK TO ME IF YOU CAN HANDLE THIS TRANSACTION FOR ME.
THANK YOU
NEXT OF KIN TO MY FATHER.
WALIU DIMEJI.

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