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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: John Addo <jaddogh76@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <johnaddo35@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:10:38 +0000
Subject: Reply Needed



Greetings,I do recognize the surprise this mail may bring to you, considering the fact that it came from a stranger, please be rest assured that it comeswith best of intentions.My name is John Addo I hail from the republic of Ghana, I am the admin manager of standard security and services company limited Ghana. I got the information concerning you from your country chamber of commerce during my search on the internet for a trustworthy foreigner to be my partner and after due consideration, I decided to contact you believing that by the grace of God, that you will not disappoint me over this deal. I have been working with this company for over ten years. Within this period, I have watched with meticulous precision how African heads of state and government functionaries have been using standard security and services limited to move sums of money usd, pounds sterling, deutschmark, French francs (cash) to their foreign partners.They bring in these consignments of cash and secretly declare the contents as jewelleries, gold, diamonds, precious stones, family treasures and documents etc. Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria, (dead), Mobutu Sese Seco of Zaire (dead), Fode Sankoy of Sierra Leone, Babangida of Nigeria, Felix Houphet Boigny of Cote d'ivore (dead), Kanan Bedie of Cote d' ivore (Abidjan) and some of their officials. All these people have hundreds of consignments deposited with my office. Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most of these consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as eight years. Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases, the certificate of deposit are never available to any body except the depositors hence most of them are dead. Since the inception of the year 2001, our company's management has changed the procedure of claims of consignment, as soon as you are able to produce the certificate of deposit of any consignment, it will be released to you upon demand from our record, more than 160 consignments has been claimed in the past one year and this is why am soliciting for your maximum co-operation and assistance. Consignments deposited with several names and codes.64 has been claimed in the past six months. I have finalized every arrangement for you to come and claim consignment no.z125, containing $15 million us. I will supply you with all the information and documents and you will send it to the management of our company. The procedure is simple; once I hear from you, I will get an affidavit of fact and that of claim which is what we need to secure a change of beneficiary of the consignment to your name. Then you will apply officially to the director of foreign operations of the company, requesting for the release of consignment no.z125. They will invite you to come and receive your consignments. I will use your name, address, passport number to change the original document in the file and every thing will be ok hence I am in charge. In conclusion, I assure you that this business is risk free. (our mode of sharing is (50-50),I wait to hear from you to direct you on what to do.Yours sincerely,John Addo
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