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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: Bianca Whame <bianca_whame2001@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: bianca.whame@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:43:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: DEAR SIR


DEAR SIR,
MAY I INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU? MY NAME MISS BIANCA WHAME, I AM 17YEARS, I AM A GHANIAN BY NATIONALITY BUT I GREW UP IN LIBERIA BECAUSE MY MOTHER IS A LIBERIAN. AM SORRY TO DISTURB YOU BUT I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION THAN TO REACH YOU FOR A VITAL MATTER I KNOW THAT WILL HELP YOU AND I MOSTSPECIALLY I.

I HAVE SOME GOLD THAT I WANT TO SELL AND INVEST THE MONEY. BUT AS YOUNG GIRL I DON’T KNOW THE PROCIDURES SO I DECIDED TO SEARCH FOR HELP. YOU WOULD WONDER WHY I CONTACTED YOU AND HOW I GOT THE GOLD.

I CONTACTED YOU BECAUSE AS A YOUNG GIRL I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SELL THE GOLD OR WHOM TO CONTACT SO AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE INTERNET I CAME ACROSS YOUR CONTACT AND I SAW THAT YOU DEAL IN GOLD. I WOULD HAVE SOLD THE GOLD HERE BUT AM AFRIAD OF THE KIND OF PEOPLE HERE, THEY MIGHT WANT TO TAKE THE GOLD FROM ME BECAUSE I AM A YOUNG GIRL AND I DON’T HAVE ANYBODY TO FIGHT FOR ME AND MOST EPECIALLY IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY I GOT THE GOLD THAT IS WHY I CANT GIVE IT TO ANYBODY HERE AND I DON’T HAVE ANY RELATION HERE IN GHANA BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW ANY OF MY FATHERS FAMILY MEMBER BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO GHANA BEFORE ACCEPT SIX MONTHS AGO.

I CAME TO GHANA WHEN MY FATHER DIED WITH MY MOTHER IN HER VILLAGE WHEN THEY WENT TO VISIT MY MOTHERS FAMILY. IT WAS SAID TO BE ASSASINS WHO KILLED THEM BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHO DID THAT. AFTER THEIR DEATH MY MOTHERS FAMILY SENT ME OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THEY TOOK OVER ALL MY FATHERS PROPERTIES, I RAN TO THE POLICE BUT THEY WON’T PAY ATTENTION TO ME BECAUSE I DID NOT GIVE THEM MONEY FOTUNATELY FOR ME I GOT HOLD OF MY FATHERS GOLD AND THE DOCUMENT OF THE GOLD LIKE {FCO} WHICH IS THE FULL CORPRATE OFFER AND DOCUMENT OF OWNERSHIP HE KEPT IN HIS ROOM BEFORE THEY SENT ME OUT OF THE HOUSE EVEN THE PEOPLE MY FATHER WANTED TO SELL THE GOLD TO DID NOT SHOW UP AGAIN AFTER THEY HAD OF THE SAD NEWS, I TRIED TO GET THERE CONTACT INFORMATION BUT I COULDN’T BECAUSE I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THE HOUSE AGAIN. I SLEPT IN THE STREET FOR ONE MONTH AND BEGGED MONEY TO EAT BEFORE I DECIDED TO GO TO MY COUNTRY. I SOLD 1KG OF THE GOLD TO SOME ONE, SO THAT I CAN RAISE MONEY TO GO BACK TO MY
FATHERS COUNTRY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MY COUNTRY GHANA IS RICH IN GOLD AND MOREOVER MY FATHER BUYS HIS GOLD FROM HIS COUNTRY GHANA . SO AFTER I CAME TO GHANA AND I DECIDED TO PUT THE REMAINING 100KGS OF GOLD IN A SECURITY COMPANY AS A CONSIGNMENT WITH THE LITTLE MONEY LEFT WITH ME AND EVEN I WILL HAVE TO BALANCE THEM BEFORE THEY CAN RELEASE THIS GOLD TO ME.

PRESENTLY I LIVE WITH THE MANAGER OF THE SECURITY COMPANY AS AN HOUSE GIRL. AT LEAST I HAVE SOME WERE TO SLEEP AND FOOD TO EAT. PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP, I NEED SOME ONE WHO CAN HELP ME SELL THIS GOLD AND HELP ME PLAN MY FUTURE EITHER AS A MOTHER OR AS A FATHER PLEASE I NEED YOU HELP.

ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS FOR YOU TO COME TO GHANA HERE SO THAT YOU CAN HELP ME PAY THE BALANCE TO THE SECURITY COMPANY AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY WITH THE GOLD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GOD BLESS YOU.

BEST REGARDS
BIANCA WHAME


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