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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: Princess Akenzuwa <akenzuwap7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <princess_akz7@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 01:38:15 +0100
Subject: UNRESERVED ASSISTANT .



Hello Dear FRIEND UNRESERVED ASSISTANT You may be surprised to receive my letter. I got your contact from international business site during my desperate search for a saviour and a partner in your country . I have decided to contact you for confidential, urgent and rewarding joint business. My name is PRINCESS AKENZUWA daughter to the late RULER HIGHNESS AKENZUWA who was the formal national chairman of chieftaincy matters during the regime of formal but now detained LIBERIA PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR . The purpose of writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest person,whom I can entrust the sum of US$54,000,000 in his/her care. Prior to the dealth of my late father he assign a part of our kingdom to me as my inheritance .Now the present administration has frozen and confiscate all my inheritance . What i have left now is US$54,000,000 . This money is presently in safe keeping custody of GHANA CUSTOMS AND PREVENTIVES SERVICES ( BUNDED WHAREHOUSE ) AVIANCO VILLAGE KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ACCRA GHANA .The funds were deposited under diplomatic arrangement by the formal LIBERIAN AMBASSADOR to GHANA .i am suppose to meet them in their office on the 1st of october 2005 but i could not travel out of our host country where I am on assylum, hence I am asking for your assistance to help take delivery of this fund into your care pending when I will secure travel documents to come over to your country. If you accept this offer we shall share the money as follows:For you,30%, 70% for me. Be assured that is risk-free .Please advise me on your position by e-mail immediately,indicating your phone numbers.I await your prompt reply.sincerely yoursPrincess Akenzuw
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