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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: "Brian Taylor" <briantaylor1@mynet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: brian_taylor105@yahoo.es
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20.37.32 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY







Dear Sir
Good day and Compliments,
I am writing this letter in confidence believing that it is the wish of God
for you to help me and God almighty will bless and reward you aboundantly and you would never regreat this.

my family and i are true Christians and worship's God Truthfully, I got your contact through the Ghananian chember and commerce.
I am a male student from University of Akra Ghana,I am 27 yrs old. I will love to have a long-term business relationship with you and to know more about you in time coming if you can be able to help me.
Iam the only child of my mother who was poisoned by my step mother for the fact that she had female children without a male child and over inheritance.

my father died earlier four months ago.He was a king,which our town citizens titled him over nine years before his death.
Since after his Death, i have known no peace from my uncles, step mother and her children,trying to kill me thinking that i am a stumbling block agaianst thier plan to inherit all my late father left,they have treatening to eliminate me ,done all sorts of things to deny me of my rite,
They have sent hired killers to kill me but all failed, so i decided to runaway from them,

I flew to london for an assylum to save my life ,because of this ,i cannot move ,fortunately for me, my late fathers lawyer called me,
and made it known to me that my late father wrote in his WILL, that he have about USD 8, 350, 000.00 dollars (Eight Million,Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars)in a Finance house in Europe,which stated that, he made me his next of kin,but left instruction with them that the money should be release to me when i am 27
and must be with the help of a foreign investor to avoid mismanagement,
This money was annually paid into my late fathers account from some oil companies operating in our locality for the compensation of youth and community development in our jurisdiction.

I don't know how to start or to invest this money somewhere in abroad, so that my father's kindred and my step mother will not take over what belongs to me which they were planning to do without my present,
because they feel i have no one to speak for me.
Now,i urgently need your humble assistance to transfer this money into your bank account, That is why I felt happy when I saw your contact because I strongly believed that by the grace of God, you will help me
invest this money wisely.
I am ready to pay 15% of the total amount to you if you help me in this project and another 10% interest
of Annual After Income to you, for handling this project for me, which you will strongly have absolute control over.

If you will can handle this project sincerely and also willing to assist me in lifting this fund, kindly
reach me through my private line 0044 703 196 8208 or email me and I will link you to my legal representative for further discussion.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free
and I hope to commence the transaction as quick as
possible,
Yours sincerely,
Brian Taylor (mr).






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