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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: Kelvin Gideon <kelvin_gideon3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dennissanko222@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:10:08 +0000
Subject: YOUR TRUST AND COPERATION




Dear Sir,

How are you and your family? I hope fine? if so thanks
be to God. I am Madam Doris Sanko the elders wife of
late Dr. Bernard Sanko, a native of Sierra-leone, I am
presently in the Ghana Refugee Camp with my son dennis
on how i will find a reliable person who will assist
us to receive my late husband's consignment (1trunk
box containing $12million US dollar clean cash) which
my late husband deposited with a security company
here in Ghana before it was ship to Ireland Dublin for
safe keeping.

Sir the original person who suppose to clear
our consignment on our behalf in Ireland as our
foreign beneficiary later betrayed us regarding the
percentage when we have agree to give him 20% for
helping us to receive our consignment and 10% for
any expenses including his phone calls, as soon as the
consignment arrive successfully he later call us that
he will take 60% of the total fund and 40% for me and
my son,that is why i stop the diplomat not to deliver
the box to him any more,because he is very greedy.

Sir the fund is not a stolen or drug fund. My
late husband was an owner of a small Gold and Diamond
Corporation Company in my home town Sierra-Leone and
died as a result of power struggle. It was a political
struggle. After his death me and my son had to move to
Ghana refugee camp in Accra to resettle and also
because of the consignment which was deposited by my
late husband(Dr. Bernard Sanko) but we are also not
safe here because if those in sierra-Leone understand
that we are here in Ghana, they will come after us and
our life will be in serious danger as some of them are
aware that we have this kind of fund.

Please do render us your TRUST and keep
this transaction confidential for security reasons,
because the fund is our life and my son's future. As
soon as the diplomat delivers our consignment to you
in your door step ,do contact us urgently so that i
can give you the key-code on how you will open the box
because the consignment trunk box is sealed and also
for you to send me some money from the box, in which
me and my son will make our travelling visa to join
you in your country to make arrangement on how
the funds will be utilized.

Sir I and my son has agreed to offer you 20%
foryour assistance and 10% for any expenses you will
carry out during this transaction including your phone
calls.


Sir we intend to invest wherever we finally
reside and i believe you could be of useful assistance
in area of investment.Please do get back to
us urgently so that we can give you the diplomat
details in ireland on how you will contact him for the
safe delivering of our consignment to you in your door
step as our foreign beneficiary.

Please do get back to us with your details
including your home address, full name and your
international passport copy for identification.

Thanks and God bless you.
Madam Sanko
00233244888047

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