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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: "omor omor" <desmond_gh2@telegraf.by>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 13:38:36 +0100
Subject: LOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU


Dear Sir

Good day, first of all greeting to you and your entire family, and I pray
that may the Almighty lord guide you and your entire family will like to
introduce my self also because i know you will amazed to get my letter,
though we haven't meet or talk before so there is need for me to introduce
my self to you. I am Desmond, the first and the only son of chief kai Farley
from Liberia in grand gedeh, my father was a very wealthy GOLD and DIAMOND
merchant in GRAND GEDEH CAPITAL TOWN ZWEDRTCHIEN DISTRICT. He was a
paramount chief from 1980 to 1996, October 1994, my father took me and
sister to Abidjan, the death of my father was a tremendous shock to the
KRAHN PEOPLE IN GEDEH, 29th November2002, he passed on in a private hospital
in Abidjan, he sincerely called us to his bed side and told us that he had
a sum of $45,000,000[FORTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS] which he deposited in a
security company in GHANA. He also told us that the security company does
not know the content of the trunk box he deposited the money in a safe
security company because of the large sum he poisoned by his business
associate and he told us that I should seek for a foreign partner in a
country of our choice where we can transfer this money and use it for
investment purposes, I want you to assist us to claim this fund out from the
security company and invest it for us over there in your country as our
foreign beneficiary of the fund, and also to assist us to invest this money
in a viable business in your country, our interested areas of investment
are; real estate, hotels petroleum industry, we are honorably seeking for
your assistance in the following ways (1) to assist us to claim this fund
from the security company and transfer it to your country successfully,(2)to
serve as the guardian of this fund since I am a boy of (23) erstwhile my
sister is (20)yrs.(3) to make arrangement for us to come over to your
country to further our education and to secure a residential permit in your
country. Moreover. We are willing to offer you 30% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort /input after the successful transfer of this
fund to your country for investment. Furthermore, you can indicate your
option towards assisting us as we believe that this transaction would be
concluded within 14days, from day you signify interest to assist us. Please
kindly forward to us your private contact in other for us to reach you
quickly as our foreign beneciary regarding this transaction. We are
presently in Ghana and can be reach on this Tel +233275995121,

Please kindly treat this matter in confidential manner

.thanks

Best regard.

Desmond kai-farley

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