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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: sackey d <dsackey2007@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <victoriamogan@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 00:58:36 +0400
Subject: Good To Know You



Dear sir,
am Mr. D.sackey,a former army commander duringthe ruling of the former president of Liberia CharlesTaylor ,i was able to get out of the country with ahuge amount of money ,that i want to get out of Africawith my family to live and invest abroad especially in India am now in Ghana Accra withmy wife and my little daughter i got your contact froma reliable friend Mr. Stanley, I ready need a trustedpersonthat i can get this money to before things go wrong onmy side, simply because the new government is tryingto get to the former president and all of hiscollaborators ,the money in total is 22million ,15million us dollars is deposited in Ghana with in a security company 7 million is in a dark color form but it canbe wash with only ordinary i have all document covering the money water, I want you to come to Ghana to met Mr. Stanley and my self, .please call me forbetter discussion my number is 00233-208078407 thanks
Mr.D.sackey
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