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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: "Adrian Makary" <adrian.makary20@peru.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 09:10:18 +0000
Subject: Dear Brother,Please we need your help !!


From; Master Adrian Makary
Dafur-Republic Of Sudan

Dear Brother,

Good day.Please this request should not come to you as a surprise. It is
because of what is happening to my family urged me to contact you.

My name is Master. Adrian Makary , the second son of Mr. Samy Makary of
Darfur,Republic of Sudan. At the height of the current political crises in
my country, in which the Rebel group of the opposition party in my country
fights with the government forces in their bid to take over the government
of our country., my father and my elder brother were brutally slained to a
painful death on the 6th of July 2006, in their struggle to protect some
civilians who ran to take refuge in our house and since then, life has not
been the same for our family.

My father, during his life on earth was a prominent business man who trades
on Diamond and Gold from African countries and exports to other countries.
He publicly criticized the crude policies and crime against humanity on the
civilians by the Rebel Forces, in which they amputate young boys and girls
for their failure to fight .I therefore decided to move my mother and
younger sister to Central African Republic, for refuge . My Father, before
his death, deposited the sum of Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars [$6.500 000 million] with a Finance Company in the Republic
of Ghana where he buys most of these Gold and Diamond. In view of this, and
as the only surviving son of my father l decided to contact you for your
help in accommodating this fund for our family in your country.Myself and my
mother will ensure that the Fund is moved safely to your country, with the
assistance of the Finance Company in Republic of Ghana.

Now this is what we actually want you to do for us;

1. We humbly solicit for your sincere assistance to help us accommodate this
fund in your country,untill l join you first since our country is not safe
again for any transaction.

2. We want you to be presented to this Finance Company as the person we
contacted to assist our family to accommodate this fund in your country .

3.To finally assist our family in managing this fund in any lucrative field
in your country for at least three years after l must have joined you to
start a new life.

Please,we hope you will be a very honest and reliable person to deal with,
and also grant and view this very request with favor and much understanding
of our unexpected bad situation presently.Please we need your urgent
response and include your private phone number please.


Yours Faithfully,

Master Adrian Makary.

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