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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: Jude Padmore Koroma <judekoro4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <judekoro@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:16:15 +0000
Subject: From Jude and Mother Pls Reply



From Jude Koroma and Mother23 Dadeban Loop Industrial AreaNorth KaneshieAccra Ghana.
Compliments of the day to you friend Jude Padmore Koroma is my name I am 24years old, I got your contact through a family friend when I was searching for a foreign investor to present as my late Fathers Foreign business partner.My Fathers name is Dr Tama Johnson Koroma a citizen of Ghana, he has a small scale mining company at Obuasi a village here at Ghana in West Africa.while in the hospital suffering being treated for poison he told us that he deposited $12.550{Twelve million five Hundred and Fifty Thousand United state Dollars} with a local bank here in Ghana for Onward Business TransferAfter his death as the eldest son I and my mother tried to claim his money from the bank but it has been very difficult for us We have been advised to get in touch with any of his Foreign Business associates to apply for the claim as the funds is Deposited to be Transferred abroad but we have not been able to get in touch with him as my mother couldn't get the contact due to the fact that shes not really learned and i have no clue about his business associates abroad We promise the General manager of the bank that we will get his foreign partner to enable us make the claim.Since his death on 15th June 2005 the company has been closed down and his workers were not paid for three months during his illness. Presently we want to work with you as the foreign business partner to my late Father hence we have all the necessary documents to claim his money to avoid the Bank from confiscating the fund.Our aims and objectives of making this arrangement :1) So as to pay the workers their three months salary.2) To start up with life again and re-open the mining sate3) To avoid the bank from confiscating the fund. As soon as we claim the money, 20% of what we recover will be given to you I will stand as the son to also supply you documents which might be needed during this process.Looking forward for your reply after which I will give you the detail of our procedures towards the success of this claim.For any important information which might be required by you kindly contact us on this email address judekoro@hotmail.com and number +233 276941721Thanks,Yours Sincerely,Jude Koroma and Mother
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