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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 mozembe <j.jm9@live.com>
Reply-To: <wife.of.johnson2@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:56:01 +0000
Subject: From:Mr.John Mozembe



From:Mr.John Mozembe My Dear Friend. How are you doing? In appreciation of your esteemed contact received through a reliable Source, a close associate of yours and the choice of your country I wish to introduce myself. Am John Mozembe, the son of the late Dr. Johnson Salifu Mozembe, the formal minister for Land, mines and energy to formal President of CONGO DR, East Africa. I am making this contact to you in respect of US $12.5 Million(TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) which I inherited from my late father and this funds was raise from the sales of diamond when my father was in position. This fund is parked in 1 big metal trunk BOX as family treasure. My Father was poisoned by His business partner, he died in the year 2002 in a private Hospital called (The Royal Hospital) in London. MY MOTHER TOO HAS BEEN BATTLING WITH BOTH CANCER AND FIBROID PROBLEMS SINCE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER. 6 months ago i took my mother off from my country to a Hospital in Accra Ghana to treat her disease, and also to stay close to the fun and make arrangement and move the fund. Well i must tell you my mother present condition now is okay, she is know more filling pains again.When my father was about to die, he called my attention and informed me that he lodged some funds with the GHANA TRIDENT SECURITY COMPANY LTD. in West Africa (Ghana) and other documentations were also revealed to me by my late father before his death, he then advised me to look for a reliable business partner abroad, who will assist me in investing the funds in a lucrative business. So this is the main reason why I am contacting you to seek your assistance for us to move these funds to any country of your choice for investment purposes. I will like you to be the person taking delivery, so that the Consignment BOX can be moved in your name to your country or any country of your choice where it will be claimed and invested. Hence my father has informed the SECURITY COMPANY personnel that the owner of the Consignment BOX is his foreign business partner whose particulars will be forwarded to the COMPANY when due. But I will guide you accordingly. As soon as the Consignment BOX reaches you, I will then come over to meet you in person, so that we can discuss physically on Investment details. Based on this instance I and my family have unanimously decided to give you 20% of the total funds the balance of 80% you will invest and manage for my family. I hereby guarantee you that this is not government funds, it is not drug funds and it is not funds from arms deal and it has no terrorist origin. I will give you all proof of deposit and existence of funds once fully satisfied with your capability and honesty. I hope this will be the beginning of a prosperous relationship between my family and yours. I will like you to send to me your personal telephone and fax for easy communication. Yours truly, John Mozembe
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