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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: nelson toar <nelson_toar2006@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:38:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: BUSINESS INVESTMENT CONFIDENTIAL



>From Toar al-Khala Family.
32 ring way spintex road
Accra, Capital City of Ghana
West Africa.
BUSINESS INVESTMENT CONFIDENTIAL
Hello Dear,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I am Nelson Toar al-Khala, the son of late Dr Khatir Toar al-Khala,he was Rebel movement leader in Southern Sudan Darfur Region, he is among the prominent Darfur leaders killed in January 2005

I got your contact as a trustworthy person after going through your profile here in internet on our disparate searching for a reliable person who will assist us. Few days before my father was assassinated, he instructed me and my mother to move out of Sudan immediately. I therefore managed to escape together with my mother and my lovely sister from Sudan to Accra, Ghana. through the help of my fathers friend who is a diplomat.

Meanwhile we are presently here in Accra Capital city of Republic of Ghana, with some valuables, properties titles including a deposit certificate regarding to the deposit made in the one of private security company by my late father. For a cash sum of US$21, 600,000, 00( million United State Dollars) been the money he made from Gold and Nelson sales in Darfur region, he packaged the money in two trunk metallic box, of which he deposited the box in a private Security Company here in Accra as family valuables. On getting here in Accra, I and my mother have made inquiries with the company and discovered that the consignment is still in tight. For your information, the real content of the box was not disclosed to the Security Company. These boxes were deposited as family valuables for security reasons and not as cash. I therein solicited for your kind assistance over this transaction, to stand as my late father foreign business partner, to assist us move out the fund out off
this country to your country for investment purpose.

Meanwhile, upon your arrival a non residence account will be open on your name down here in one of international bank where we will lodge in the funds as soon as it being retrieve out from the security company, for onward transfer of the said fund to any overseer’s account which you will provide to the bank for the transfer of the funds to your country, for the proposed investment for our mutual benefit. I am 24years of age and due to OUR STATUS We can not open any account on our name or even to open a dollar account where this money will be lodged for security purposes Because if we should do it. It will raise an eyebrow on us, so for that reason I need your personal assistance to move these money out from Accra Ghana entirely for onward investment in your country because of the unstable political situation here in Africa and mostly for our future.

I and my Mother will be willing to compensate you highly for your noble assistance upon the term of agreement that will be reach for your percentage with both us and if possible I am interested to go into a life partner with you, because I do not know anything about investment and international transaction. I have equally called the Security Company Director and informed him of my intention to come and claim the metallic box with my father‘s foreign partner and that means with you, in less than one month. For the safety of our live and funds kindly, treat this matter with utmost confidentiality.

Thanks and Remain blessed.
Best regards,
Nelson and Mother (Catarina).
Reply To:nelson_toar@excite.com


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