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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: "Miss. Mary Ampem." <missmary444416@biz.by>
Reply-To: missmary44446@yahoo.dk
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 02:23:44 +0100
Subject: Message from Miss. Mary Ampem (Kindly Reply)


*Hello Dear*

* *

*Good Day and how are you doing for today over there in your country, i hope
everything within you are alright? Dear permit me to inform you of my desire
of asking you to help me out in what i am about to tell you, After much
consideration and prayer i have decided to tell you all about myself because
i believe you can be of assistance to me and my faith and believe in God led
me to you i am the only child of my parents.*

* *

*I'm Mary Ampem (19years old Female) from Moyale Village in Kenya , and the
only child of Late Mr. & Mrs. Wereko Ampem. My father was a very wealthy
cocoa merchant in Kenya and he has served on various international bodies,
my father died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. He was
poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a
business trip. My mother died when i was a baby. Before the death of my
father on January 2006 in a private hospital in Moyale Village , he secretly
called me by his bed side and told me that he deposited two trunk boxes with
UTS (Unique Trust Security Company Accra Ghana ) one containing $12.5million
US Dollars and the other 200kg of Gold dust. He told me that he used his
name to deposit the two boxes (consignments) and my name as the next of Kin
to the deposit of the consignments.*

* *

*He simple handed me all the documentation covering the two consignments
which is the certificate of deposit and the agreement bond made with the
security company, He then strongly advised me NOT to seek for assistance in
the investment of the consignments from his lawyer nor any of his friend in
Moyale(Kenya), of which he instructed me to seek for a life time investment
abroad from any country of my choice (outside Kenya) that will assist me in
the wise investment of the consignments which contain $12.5million US
Dollars and 200kg of gold dust. But as you may be already aware by now, my
country ( Kenya ) is presently under HIPC.*

* *

*I am now presently in Accra, to locate where the security company is
situated and I have succeeded in locating the security company and also
confirmed the consignments with most honest and confidential and finally
decided to take quick actions and have this consignments transferred out of
Ghana that is why i need your vital assistance to help me in clearing these
consignments and transfer it to your country as a beneficiary and I will
use it for investment purpose like real estate management or hotel
management. Because of this, I am honorably seeking your assistance in the
following ways:*

* *

*(1) To be my guardian and then assist me financially to clear these two
consignments into your country.*

*(2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and then settle there permanently.*

* *

*I am willing to offer you, 20% of the total consignments content as
compensation for your assistance, please let me know if you feel the
percentage I offered is not alright by you.*

* *

*As soon as I receive your full assurance and corporation, I will then give
you the contact information of the Security Company where these consignments
was deposited for you to contact them and tell them on how you want them to
get the consignments to any destination of your choice. I shall send my
picture to you and shall also need yours too. Please no matter what your
decision may be, I want you to reply me on my email address and please let
this be private between me and you.*

* *

*Waiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of
this transaction.*

* *

*Thanks for your kind Attention and mutual understanding. *

*Yours faithfully, Miss. Mary Ampem.*

*missmary44446@yahoo.dk <missmary4444@hotmail.com>*

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