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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: "David J. Garang" <d_garang@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: david_jg@katamail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:44:08 -0500
Subject: I need a reputable foreign business partner.

Saturday, February 24, 2007,

Attn: Sir/Madam,

My humble supplication to you please, due to security reasons and the kind of place I am in Ghana at the moment, I have to contact you in this manner with apology.

On behalf of my younger brother and sister's, I write to seek your highly esteemed help/consent in a legal lasting business relationship of mutual benefit.

Firstly; Let me introduces my self properly to you as Mr. David J. Garang, Son of late Dr. General John Garang the former rebel leader of Sudan who letter became the vice president of Sudan, before he was killed by a planned deal through a plane crash, which took place on Monday August 1st, 2005 in mountains located in southern Sudan. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4735725.stm He was buried on Saturday, 6 August 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4126370.stm

After the death of my mother Mrs. Rebecca Garang on the 15th December 2005, the president of Sudan placed embargo on my late father's assets during his speech on January 2nd, 2006, which made me to flee from my country through road to another country where the United Nations granted me refugee under political asylum camp in Republic of Ghana.

However, my late father left behind the sum of twenty seven million United States dollars {$27.000.000.00} with a finance organization for safekeeping, actually this was the reason why I left my country to Ghana immediately the president of Sudan placed embargo on my late father’s assets in Sudan.

Meanwhile, I am looking for a reputable foreign business partner who will direct me on how best to invest this fund outside Africa because before my late father’s sudden death occurred he seriously advised that it is very dangerous to invest this fund here in Africa to avoid suspicions, and due to market instability coupled with economic and political instability facing African countries, that is why I want to invest in Abroad.

Based on this, I am currently seeking your assistance to invest these funds in small and large business enterprises in your country under partnership. But I prefer to deal directly with legitimate owners rather than brokers or middlemen; considering the huge amount involved I rather deal with your director to ensure that he or she will be capable to handle this project.

With all due respect, I would therefore like to request the full contact details (Full Name/Current Contact Address/Private Telephone Number and E-mail Address) of where I can reach the Chief Executive Officer of your organization to enable us discuss further details.

I would be honored if this is treated with Utmost Urgency.

Looking forward for your urgent response.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. David J. Garang - (Family).        



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