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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Sombo Pujeh" <sombo.p65@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrs_sombopujeh1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 21:37:49 +0000
Subject: From Mrs. Sombo Pujeh.



Good Day. Diving to your perceived confidentiality as an individual, I request for your sincere assistance. I am Mrs. Sombo Pujeh, the wife of Sierra-Leone former minister for mineral resources. While my husband who is presently in detention was the acting minister, he used his position to market a large quantity of Gold Dust and Rough Diamond under a confidential arrangement and generated US$18.3M at the end of the sales. This amount is presently in a Security Company in Accra – Ghana, so we seek your partnership to move this fund down to your country for investment. We were recently alerted by our family friend who is still serving under the current regime that the ruling Government has constituted a panel that will recover and probe all the former officers who were involved in any act of misappropriation of funds. As a result, I have been advised to relocate out of the country with my children, so we are presently taking refuge some where in hide in Ghana. Based on the information from our family friend I have decided to divert the fund to a new destination through your professional arrangement since my husband is presently under serious security check. My aim for coming to Ghana as a place to hide was to enable me supervise the swift clearance of the funds. I will let you know the next step immediately I hear from you, also we shall be discussing your commission upon your response. All above please treat as personal. Sincerely,
Mrs. Sombo Pujeh.


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