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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: zambli otumba <zambliotumba9@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: zambliotumba@safe-mail.net
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:34:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: thanks


Dear 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 in our 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 $10.5 million, (ten million and five hundred thousand us dollars). Which he deposited with a security company in Ghana for safekeeping you can check the websitehttp://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 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


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