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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: jim agbeko <mrjim_agbeko9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrjim_agbeko333@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:20:34 +0000
Subject: FROM MR JIM AGBEKO



BELOVED, I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BUT IT REQUIRES UTMOST CONFIDENCE IN YOU. MY NAME IS JIM AGBEKO FROM SUDAN; I AM THE SON TO LATE DR T AGBEKO WHO WAS THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT TO THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE IN THE LAST POLITICAL REGIME IN SUDAN. MY LATE FATHER DEPOSITED 240 KILOGRAM OF UNREFINED GOLD DUST WORTH OF TWENTY SIX MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ($26.4M) IN A SECURITY COMPANY AS A FAMILY ITEMS FOR SECURITY REASONS, HERE IN ACCRA GHANA THE NEAREST COUNTRY WEST AFRICAN BECAUSE AS A CIVIL SERVANT HE CANNOT KEEP THIS FUNDS IN HIS PRIVATE ACCOUNT IN OUR COUNTRY. I AM THEREFORE SOLICITING FOR A TRUSTWORTHY PERSON WHO CAN HELP ME RECEIVE THIS FUNDS OVERSEA FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES. I WILL OFFER 20% TO YOU AND 5% FOR ANY EXPENSES INURED.(BOTH AS MISCELLANEOUS AND ACCRUED EXPENSES).MY LATE FATHER SIGNED A CONTRACT BOND WHICH SAID THAT HE WILL CLAIM THE BOXES WITH HIS FOREIGN PARTNER BUT WE LOST HIS PARTNER IN THE LAST LONDON BOMBING. THAT IS WHY I NEED YOUR HELP BECAUSE THE PROPOSED PARTNER IS DEAD AND THE COMPANY HAS GIVEN US THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT SOMEONE WHO WILL STAND AND RECEIVE THE BOXES, ALL THE DEPOSIT DOCUMENTS WHICH MY LATE FATHER USED TO DEPOSIT THE BOXES IN THE SECURITY COMPANY IS WITH US HERE IN GHANA. PLEASE YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME IF YOU ACCEPT MY PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. JIM AGBEKO,FOR THE FAMILY
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