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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: joyce mensah <mrs_joycemensah03@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:14:17 +0000
Subject: with regards







Dear Sir/Madam,


Good day to you. I am contacting you about a need I have and I believe you are well able to help me either personally or as an institution(company). It all depends on our trusting each other and your readiness to help me. But we all stand to be greatly rewarded in the course. One thing I know is that you are able to help me and appeal to you to please do.

I am mrs joycy mensah,a 30yrs old woman from Ghana. I became a widow 18months ago. The source of my husband's death was believed to be from our detractors who are never happy he was making so much progress. The issue is that my husband sold a piece of land he inherited from his late father.he had also just retired in an oil company from Libyan and he work as an oil explorer over there and later came down to Ghana.

He made so much fortune from the sales because mineral deposit (gold) was found to be on the land. He deposited the money about $18.2M us dollars(Eighteen million two hundred thousand us dollars) in an excrow account on international commercial bank here in Accra Ghana as safe keep. this money is still in the bank.He was later afflicted with an unexplainable disease which kept him incapacitated for two years. Money could not help him out as he died 18 months ago with the ailment.

After his death, his family was on me to tell them where the money was lodged as they have taken over all of his belongings. They have also emptied his bank accounts with other banks and discovered the money was not lodged there. My husband warned me not to disclose the money to his family before he died in the hospital. The family has left me and my son with nothing. I now fend for myself and Junior my son which is pretty hard.

My plan is to relocate from Ghana, but I will need to move out the money left by my husband. Any attempt for me to try and move it in my name will cause me more problems than I can imagine as an African woman. Once I move the money out, I'll come to your country where I will invest the money under your guide.

The main reason of contacting you is to solicit your help in standing as my foreign business partner to whom I can send the cash. I will get all necessary documents to help us move the fund to you which will enable me to come over and get the money shared between us 65% for me 30% for you/your establishment(as the case may be) for helping out as well as 5% set aside for refund of any expenses that you or your establishment as well as anyone who assists in this can incur in the course of this money being transfered to you.

Please NOTE that the earlier you help me the better as you will be doing God a great favor because my life is no more save with these people here in Ghana.

I will need your reply stating your readiness to help in seeing this deal through.Please give me your phone number so that I can call you to discuss it further.you can reach me on my via email address on mrs_joycemensah2002@hotmail.com

I wait for your favorable reply as soon as possible.

best regards,

mrs joicy mensah




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