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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: "Chief Dr Reginald Appiah" <info_shippingdepartment_ama.gh@gawab.com>
Reply-To: reginald_appiah@myway.com
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:54:38 GMT
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal From Chief Dr Reginald Appiah.



From Chief Dr.Reginald Appiah
Secetary,Security Deposit &Vault Services
Accra-Ghana West Africa

Attention: Honorable,

I do hope this letter will not come to you as a surprise,it was out of my
sincere desire to share a mutual business relationship with you My name is
Chief Dr.Reginald Appiah, i am 56yrs , married with a wife and four
children I work as an administrative secretary to SECURITY DEPOSIT & VAULT
SERVICES IN ACCRA-GHANA,. I got the information concerning you from the
GHANA Chamber of Commerce and Industry after due consultation with my
spiritual adviser, I decided to contact you believing that by the Grace of
God, you will accept to be my partner in this business I joined the
services of this Company in 1991 as an office Assistant I decided to
contact you believing that by the Grace of God you will accept to be my
partner in this business.

I have been working with this Company for nine years now. Within this
period, I have watched with meticulous PRACTISE ON how African Heads of
States and Government functionaries have been using'' Security Deposit
&Vault Services'' to move huge sums of money USD, Pounds Sterling, French
Francs- (Cash ) to their foreign partners.

They bring in this consignments of money cash and secretly declare the
contents as jewelleries, gold , diamond, precious stones, family treasure,
African Arts work/ Antiquities documents etc. General Sanni Abacha of
Nigeria (Dead) Mobutu Sese-Seko of Zaire (Dead) Foday Sankoy of Sierra
Leone . Babangida of Nigeria , Eyadema of Togo etc.

All these people have hundreds of consignments deposited with Security
Deposit &Vault Services.

Their foreign partners , friends and relatives, are claiming most of these
consignment. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as fifteen
years now Nobody may ever come for them because in most cases, the
documents of deposits are never available to anybody except the depositors
most of them dead.

Sometime last year (2006) Security Deposit &Vault Serviceschanged the
procedure of claims of consignments, it will be released to you upon
demand.

From our records, more than 120 consignments belonging to General Abacha/
Mobutu Sese-Seko, has been claimed in past six months. This is why I am,
soliciting for your cooperation and assistance. Gen. Abacha has 85
consignments deposited with several names and codes. 35 have been claimed
in the past 6 months. Since he died, his first son died also in the plane
crash, the second son is facing trial for murder and embezzlement , the
family members are under restricted arrest without communication. I have
finalize every arrangement for you to come and claim consignment No.1200
containing US25M and consignment No.1201 containing USD32M. My duty is to
supply you with all information and documents by fax You will deal directly
with the management.

The procedure is simple You will apply officially to the director of
operations of Diplomatic Union of West Africa States for the release of
consignment No 1200 and 1201. They will demand some documents and secret
codes Call me, I?(tm)II supply you with every detailed information and you
will fax it to them. As soon as they confirm it to be correct.

They will invite you for the collection If you do not want to come to Ghana
, you can arrange with them to transfer the consignment to any where on
agreement.

No body will ever know I am involved in the deal except the Lawyer who will
write the agreement for us. I?(tm)II suggest upon conclusion we share
50-50.

At the successful conclusion of this deal , you will arrange for me and my
family to come over to your country I assure you that the business have
been hatched for years now, it is very secure and 100% risk free For
further explanations and directives on the procedures reach me immediately
as you can .

God bless you.

Yours sincerely,

Chief Dr.Reginald Appiah.
+233-243-261-823.


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