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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: "suz_jajar@terra.es" <suz_jajar@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 15:42:45 +0100 (MET)
Subject: PLEASE HELP US CLAIM OUR FUNDS.



Dear Sir,

Reading this mail may be strange to you, having come from a stranger. Sir, we send it as a distress call for you to save our funds, and save our lives.

I am Mrs. Suzanne Jajar and my son is David. The family of late Chief (Dr.) Johnson Kamara Jajar , a former Cabinet Minister in Sierra-Leone. Who was killed in the over ten years of civil war in Sierra-Leone. After his death, the United Nations team evacuated my son and I to the U.N refugee camp in Accra. Ghana.

Before his death, and because of the civil war in our country. My husband, late Chief (Dr.) Johnson Jajar transferred our funds, totaling US$18M out of Sierra-Leone. And deposited it in a security company in Accra, Ghana. The war in Sierra-Leone has ended, so we returned home to Sierra-Leone. But now, we face a TRAGEDY as the Director of the security company just called to inform me to retrieve our consignment/funds as soon as possible. That there is a bill which would soon be passed by the Ghanaian House of Parliament. And signed into law by the President, Mr. John Kuffour. Which says that all the funds owned by foreigners in both the security companies and banks in Ghana, without "CERTIFICATE-OF-ORIGIN" must be confiscated. Being that we did not have the Certificate, that is why he called us to retrieve our funds immediately.

The bill was in support of the ongoing global war against terrorism and money laundering. Being that the U. N Secretary-General, Dr. Kofi Anann is a native of Ghana. Also, because of the chase of Osama Bin Ladin and Aqaida, as they use foreign countries to launder their funds.

So Sir, we contact you to receive our funds, US$18M and invest it in your country or you secure it for us.

My son and I agreed to give you a big reward from our total funds, which would be satisfying to you, so that you will help us secure our funds.

We call upon you in the name of God, to rescue our funds and save our lives. As the fund is our family inheritance, which our lives depend on.

We hope you will cooperate with us to save our funds, then reply through Email: suz_jajar@yahoo.com

Or call me immediately on: +233-24-4068840 for more details of the transaction.

You can also reply us through my son David’s Email: d_jajar@yahoo.com

We wait for your urgent response.

Best regards,
Mrs. Suzanne Jajar







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