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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: "Dennis Molefe" <dennismolefe@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:24:05 -0500
Subject: Warm Thoughts!!

Hi friend,

My names are Dennis Molefe, I am a teshie boy from one of the city in the
southern Ghana,
i played an online lottoery,without any hope of winning, but furtunatly my
number XXX3071CZ0 was among the five winners of two million Euros,
I was over excited when i got the news,secondly i was very happy because
this will take care of all my financial problem.
I become very sad when i find-out that the money will not be sent to me in
my house where i live with my grand mother,
The organisation insisted that i most provide an account number where they
will deposite the money,
i wrote a letter to the lottoery oganization that am up to 18years old and i
do not have any account,
The orgainsation reply and assured me that if i can be able to introduce
someone with an account number where they can deposite my won funds,
Now they also stated that i have only Two Weeks to cliam it.

Please sir/mam i am pleading for you to help me receive my Two million Euros
winning funds,
it will please me to have half of the money instead of lossing all,
One of the lady who has collected her winning funds refused to assite me
stated that she will give me only One hundred and Fifty thousand Euros from
my winning funds,
i can't take that is small can't you imagin that!
Please if you will help me recieve the funds,
You can have Eight hundered thousand Euros ,
Gives me two hundred thousand Euros to open an account of my own,
After which you will send me One million Euros.if this is okay for you let
me know,if not i will welcome any advice from you.

I will lappreciate if I get a positive reply from you,
So for me to have my winning funds because I can't wait
Please i will be happy to give you the contact address of the security
company in Ghana where my winning funds is deposited,
So that they will fixed in the funds to you.
Hope i can trust and relay on you,remember to include your names and
contacts with your reply.

Thank You,
Dennis Molefe
E-mail:dennis_molefe@excite.com

(Please write me soon,inoder not to loos my winning funds)

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