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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: john nnkaki <mckey_232@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:42:45 +0000
Subject: ATTN


Dear Sir/Madam
Please sorry for writing you this ,Sir ,without prior acquaintances.It is due to the pressing nature of me and my family members needing great assistance from you. My name is Nnkaki Vaye the Son of the Deputy Minister of Public Works, Mr. Isaac Nuhan Vaye of Liberia in West Africa.

Our Father was falsely accused of plotting to remove the then President of Liberia (Charles Taylor) from office. Without trial, Charles Taylor
killed him. You can verify this from your country. You can also check in some of the international newspapers posted in the
web sites below:http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm

Before my father was killed, he moved out the sum of us$ 6.5m (Six Million and Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) through a
diplomatic means, and deposited it with a Security Company overseas in U.K All that is needed is for you is to act as my late Fathers oversea partner to claim the consignment from the security company. The cash was carefully packaged in a trunk box and deposited as Artifacts with the Security Company.The security company based on my instructions will release the fund to you on the fact that you will be presented as our oversea partner who will be fronting for us in area of business you deem profitable.Please for your information the security company do not know the contents as it was booked as non disclosure consignment.

If you are willing to assist me this matter, I shall give you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 75% for me and my family to invest in
your country and a further 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that we may incurred in the process of this transaction.
I need your full support and co-operation for the success of this transaction.
I plead with you to treat this issue confidential and urgent because it is delicate and it demands a great degree of secrecy.

If my proposal interests you, please forward your reply including your telephone number and fax number to me so that I can call you for more details about the transaction. Hopeing to here from you. please reply to mckeyjnr@yahoo.com

Yours Sincerely,

Nnkaki Vaye.
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