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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: "vickellen42 Gazeta.pl" <vickellen42@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 14:50:48 +0100
Subject: Contact My secretary God have done it


My Good Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently
I am in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
Mean while, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact
my secretary in Accra Ghana as i stated below follow his
instructions:

REV. JAMES WILLIAMS ,
Email: pastor2james@gmail.com
Telephone number +233-275-434-798
Ask him to send you the check what of
$1,700.000.00( ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS
which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts
to assist me in this matter and i have appreciated your past efforts at that
time very much.So feel free and get in touched with my secretary REV. JAMES
WILLIMS, and instruct him where to send the check to you. Send him the
following information so that he will be sure that you
are the owner of the cheque:

1) Your full name, address...
2) Cells, fax...
3) Company name, position...
4) Professions, age and marital status...

I have forwarded instruction to my Secretary and he will be waiting for your
mail with information on this.
Please do not bother to contact me because i will be out of reach for
about a year.so feel free to get in touch with REV. JAMES WILLIAMS, to send
the check to you without any further delay and try to be honest with him
because he is God faring man.
With best regards,

Mr. Awudu Ibrahim.

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