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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: james kufor <jameskufor20@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:23:45 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT TRUST / CONFIDENCE AMARJIT SINGH.


Attn:
I am a citizen of Togo in Lome in west Africa I am 35years of age with two children now living in Cotonou Republic of Benin West Africa, during my staying in my country I worked with one of the biggest company name Alkali group of companies owned by a Saudi-Arabian man called Sheik Mohamed Sheriff who is residing in Riyadh state in Saudi Arabia before is death in two years ago.
After the family shared the properties and companies, I was lucky to transfer to our Financing &Bureau De Exchange as a stock keeper of which I worked till end of this May 2006. Before I resigned, there is a fire problem in my office and our office complex is five-story building with different offices. I was in the office when this fire started and a I rush down to second floor where their is a trunk of box of money that contains the sum of 25.5millon euro that my office want to transfer to our correspondent office in Belgium.
All effort to off this fire prove abortive till the building burnt to collapsed. None of our staff or officer knows that the 25.5million euro is in my possession they all believe that it as burnt together with the building.
After our office conclude their investigation on what may cause the fire problem, the management decided to sack all the top officer including me as a stock keeper we are all suspected but there is know trace of this money, immediately I transferred this trunk of box of 25.5million euro to a Security & Vault company to my neighboring country for safekeeping and I did not declared the content as money to the vaults company workers, what I told the security and vault company that is inside the trunk box I bring to there company is jewelries and costumes accessories belonging to a foreign investor for security reason.
Furthermore, the only assistant I need is a reliable and honest foreign partner that can be able to come down to Cotonou in republic of Benin in west Africa to receive this money together and open a transit account /domiciliary in your name and deposited this money by cash before onward transfer to your nominated account in your country.
I will offer you 30% of total amount of 25.5millon euro for your assistance to act as a beneficiary of the fund and your time to come down to Cotonou for final transaction, 60% will be my own and 10% for any expenses that may be incurred during the transferring of this fund. So this is a risk free transaction, is not a drug money or government money it's a divine from God. If you are interested as a foreign body kindly forward to me your full information as follows;
{1} Your full home /office address
{2} Your direct telephone/fax number
{3} Your scan copy of your international passport or driving license.
All this information is needed to secure your identity card from the Security &Vault Company in Cotonou in republic of Benin in West Africa where this fund was kept as the owner. Immediately I hear from you I will forward the certificate of deposit of this trunk box to you for assurance.
Regards,
James Kufor


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