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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: martins vaye <martins.vaye3@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: martinsvaye@myway.com
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:08:35 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: expecting your response


Dear Sir,



First and foremost, I must solicit your strictest
confidence in this transaction and I pray that my
decision to contact you will be given genuine approval
considering the facts we have not known each other
before; I wish to use this opportunity to introduce
myself to you. I am (martins Vaye) from Liberia, West
Africa. I write to inform you of my desire to invest,
and to buy a living house in your country. I am the
first son of Mr. Isacc nuhun vaye; my father was a
diamond/gold merchant in my country.

My father had a bullet shot by the rebels on his way
traveling out of my country with two of my younger
sister's due to crisis that is inour country
(Liberia).My sister's died on the spot,while UN
peacekeeping force rescued my father,and he was taken
to hospital for medical treatment,which he later died.
Before he died he revealed to me and my mother about
the box containing: some raw gold and $10.5 million,
(ten million and five hundred thousand us dollars).
Which he deposited with a security company in Ghana
for safekeepingyou can check the web
sitehttp://www.liberia-leaf.org/reports/trials/war/conseq.htm.
My father did not disclose the content of the box to
the security company to avoid the officials from
raising eyebrows to the funds.

Presently my mother and myself are here in Ghana to
notify the security company for the claims, we are
here as refugees . Therefore I want you to come down
here in ghana and be our beneficairy to this funds and
withdraw this funds out from the security company as
the direct beneficiary of this consignment and direct
me on how best we can invest this money, , my mother
and myself have agreed to offer you 25% of the total
amount of the money.

We have all the vital documents covering the deposit
and the ownership, which I can send to you through fax
on request.Note: I will like you to keep this as
confidential as ever.Forward to me your fax and phone
or mobile numbers for easy communications.

Waiting for your urgent response.

best regards,

Mr. Martins Vaye(For the entire family)



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