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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: "solomon adjei" <soladjei@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:47:19 -0500
Subject: DETAILS OF MY PROPOSAL

DEAREAST,

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME ATTENTION BY READING THIS MAIL. ,MY FULL
NAMES ARE MASTER SOLOMON ADJEI,AND AS I WRITE YOU NOW MY TWO TRUNK BOXES ARE
THERE IN THE UNITED STATE WITH DIPLOMAT DR.HARRYMAN LUCAS A GHANAIAN
CITIZEN,AND THE TWO TRUNK BOXES WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVER TO ONE MR.DALE
KISER BUT HE DIED IN LONDON IN A GHASTLY CAR ACCIDENT,AS I RIGHTLY TOLD YOU
THAT ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS COVERING MY TWO TRUNK BOXES HAVE BEEN DONE BY
THE LATE DALE KISER,DADDY I HAVE ALSO ATTACH TO THIS MAIL ALL THE DOCUMENTS
THAT IS BACKING MY TWO TRUNK BOXES,I LOST MY MOTHER THREE WEEKS AGO
FOLLOWING THE SHOCK OF THE LATE DALE KISER SHE HEARD,I AM READY TO GIVE TO
YOU 40% OF MY TOTAL MONEY IF YOU HELP ME RECEIVE MY BOXES,DADDY I WILL ALSO
WANT YOU TO CONTACT THE DIPLOMAT AFTER READING MY MAIL BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN
IN THE AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TEXAS FOR ABOUT FOUR WEEKS NOW
AND HE HAS BEEN TROUBLING ME TO LOOK FOR A NEW BENEFICIARY,I THANK GOD I GOT
YOUR CONTACT FROM THE CHURCH THREE DAYS AGO I WOULD HAVE CALLED YOU BUT I
DID NOT HAVE MONEY TO BUY CREDIT IN MY PHONE AS AT THAT TIME.


DADDY THE DIPLOMATIC MAN NAME IS DR.HARRYMAN LUCAS
HIS DIPLOMATIC GHANA ROAMED NUMBER IS 00233-246-150-823
HIS TEXAS NUMBER 512-276-6204

AND HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS diplomat_dr_lucas@yahoo.com

DADDY ENDEVOUR TO CONTACT HIM NOW SO THAT HE CAN DELIVER MY TWO METTALLIC
TRUNK BOXES TO YOU RIGHT THERE IN CANADA SO THAT I CAN COME AND JOIN YOU
THERE AND LIVE A HAPPY LIFE AGAIN.

DADDY MY TWO TRUNK BOXES HAVE A COMBINATION LOCK AND KEYS LOCK ALSO,I HAVE
THE TWO KEYS WITH ME HERE IN GHANA,I CAN AS WELL HAVE THEM DHL TO YOU AS
SOON AS YOU WANT THEM TO GET TO YOU,BUT DADDY I WILL NOT WANT YOU TO
DISCLOSE THE CONTENT OF MY BOXES TO DR.LUCAS BECAUSE MY MOTHER TOLD HIM THAT
IT WAS FAMILY BELONGING THAT WE HAVE IN THE BOXES,DADDY YOU CAN CALL ME IF
THERE IS ANYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

Here is the code numbers of the boxes.

1.Box number one code number..........DE8629FA.

2.Box number two code number...........AC2491DB.

I WILL WAIT FOR YOUR CALL OR REPLY EMAIL TO ME AFTER YOU HAVE CONTACTED
DR.LUCAS FOR MY BOXES.

THANK YOU DADDY ONCE AGAIN,

YOURS,

SOLOMON ADJEI

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