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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: dan miller <dan_miller010@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dan_miller7575@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:02:37 +0000
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE



Dear Friend, I will like to use this medium to introduce myself to you properly. My name is Dan Miller, I am a citizen of Sudan, and I am now residing in Ghana presently of which I came to claim my inheritance. I came to Ghana for a purpose and a mission which I would want you to partake in it also because of the rising situation that came up during my stay in Ghana.I am from a family of three (3) comprises of two boys and a girl, but unfortunately for me I lost the rest siblings of my family together with my father in Sudan during the conflict (civil war). My Father died as a result of an attack on his life by the rebel’s leader who invaded in late 2005. My Late Father was the former personal assistant to the minister of mines, works and energy before he was killed, and also before he became working for the Government of my country Sudan, he was dealing on sales of Gold’s and Diamonds of which he got his fame as a Gold and Diamond Merchant in my country.This is why I have to contact you, before the death of my late father he came to Ghana to deposit a trunk box of money containing $18 million US. Dollars. Which he got from the sales of his Gold’s and Diamonds and he package this money into a metallic box and underneath the money are Gelds which he kept there safely for future purposes. After he had deposited the box with the security company he was been issued some documents and he handed the same documents to me as his next of kin.I want you to help me as my foreign beneficiary to claim the box containing money and Gold’s. The reason for me asking you to help me is that my late father undertakes an agreement with the security company that unless I provide a foreign partner/beneficiary, the company should not release the trunk box to me.You have to help me to invest the money as sell the Gold’s because there are very expensive, I have thought about it myself and I have come to a conclusion, that I will give you half of the Gold’s under the money and also 20% of the sum total money of $18million US Dollars. For you assistant.I would like you to get back to me with your information I would need to send you all documents involve so you can contact the company for them to release and deliver to you the box as my foreign beneficiary/partner. I wait for you kindest reply so this transaction could be facilitated easily.Thanks.Dan Miller.
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