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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: "micheal" <mmensah@excite.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:14:31 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Dear Partner


Dear Partner,

My name is Micheal Mensah i am the senior son of a stool chief in the

asante region of Ghana,i lost my parent and mother in motor

accident,before the death of my parent they bout have possesion of

10acres of land before thier death,after thier death according to how

tradition demand, the senior son is entitle to his father property and

control of some access,after 5years of my father death,i later find out

that our land is fill of gold,i could not believe it when i see the

samble of it,and i don want the Government to come in partner with

us,that is why i send you this mail so that you can be able to invest

in the land for us,and be the owner of the company,so that we can start

working on the land to mine the gold out of it,am seek for your help to

come and work with us as our foreign partner,it means you will be the

right owner of the company instead of the government coming into this

situation.i am not educated as such,but i can read and write alittle,my

english will look some how to you,but i still have my family lawyer who

can be on our side to help us in every as spect.Right now am in the

capital city Accra,i am a taxi driver seeking for daily bread,if you

are interested to help me and set up the company please get back to

me,so that we can proceed urgently,i shall made you know how we can

archieve it sucessfully. Micheal Mensah.

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