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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: JOEY MASI <joeymasi021@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: joeymasi_231@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:29:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: NEED YOUR KIND TRUST


Greetings,

I am Joey Masi, a Liberian by nationality but presently a refugees in Ghana with my mother. My late father deposited some money to a security company here in Ghana, which was confirmed true to me by my father's lawyer. He said my father intended to transfer this money to a foreign country for investment.

According to the documents, i am his next of kin to the $15 Million USD he deposited at the security company since am his only son.

All i need now is for you to be my foreign beneficiary who will help us claim, transfer and invest this money in your country and also get us out of this refugee camp. I will highly appreciate your kindness and be grateful if only my request is granted.

My father also deposited another consignment containing gold dust worth $50 million USD with another diplomatic courier service company. I as the eldest in the family now, i am willing to enter into a partnership contract with you only if you will assist me claim this fund from the security company here by having it remitted to your country or to a safe account after which we shall go into a partnership investment with you.

Upon your response i will give you the security company manager contact so that he will advice you more on how this deal will commence as we shall forward to you all the neccessary document relating to this transaction.

As soon as you receive this message, for more details as it is very important.Email me
back.

Best Regards,
Joey Masi.

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