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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: SHIPMENT S <shipment_shipment2000@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: shipment_shipment@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:55:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REQUEST FOR A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP


Attn:
REQUEST FOR A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
I am Mike John the eldest son of the late KING
ANSAH of Ashanti Kingdom whose demise occurred
following a brief illness. Before his death, I was
authorized and officially known as the next successor
and beneficiary of my father's property according to
African Traditional Rite. AU Metal Gold/ Dust worth
the following quantity and qualities:-
1. Product : AU Metal (Gold)
2. Origin : Ghana West Africa
3. Type : Alluvial
4. Purity : 22.5 Carat or 95%
5.Quantity:325 kilos
As a result of polygamous family, there has been a
dead lock over the issue of division of my father's
property between members of my family and community as
a whole.
In conjunction with this, the throne which is only
left for me as the eldest man in the family is being
battled by the Members of the twenty-one hamlet that
made up of Ashanti Kingdom.
This ugly situation made me to secretly move the AU
Metal Gold/ Dust having the above mentioned qualities
into a Security and Finance House as family treasure
and valuable with the assistance of my uncle who
serves as a Secretary to Ashanti Council of Elders.
Now, the instability of government of the third-world
nations, and political crisis which has been the order
of the day in West African States.I urgently seek for
your assistance for immediate shipment of this
consignment out from the Security and Finance House
into your country for urgent marketing and Joint
Partnership Business.
promise to run this deal with you, base in the degree
of sincerity and trust found in you. Having receive
your reply.
I will feed you with the relevant information covering
the consignment.
Best Regard
Mike John(For the family )



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