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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: "omar prisca" <priscaomar@ymail.com>
Reply-To: priscaomar_p@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:14:43 +0300
Subject: Dearest One,


Dearest One,

Good day, how are you and your family? I hope fine? Please, I am sorry to
bother you with my problem. I know that it's not by mistake that I am
contacting you but by the special grace of God. I am Omar Prisca, 17years
old and the only child of my late parents late {Chief and Mrs. Gabriel
Omar} My mother died when i was a baby.
My father established his business in Accra Ghana, and he died shortly of
heart attack, his death has now made me an orphan and i am exposed to
danger. Before the unfortunate death of my father,he told me about some
money {$9.5 million U.S.Dollars} and gold dust which he kept inside two
metallic boxes that he deposited with a Security Company here in Accra Ghana
as a family treasure. Since the death of my father, my uncles have sent me
out of our house and collected most of my late fathers properties except
this money that they do not know about, they said that i am a female child
that i do not have any right in the family.

I am presently taking shelter in a church with a certain pastor and his
family. My father said he used my name as his only child as his next of kin
to the deposit and in case he fails to make it that I should take care of
myself and get someone to help invest the money for me. I have all the
legal documents with me here and the key to the boxes, my father did not
disclose the content of the two trunk boxes to the security company to
avoid the officials from raising eye brows to it.Presently I have contacted
the security company about my claim of the trunk boxes but the security
company told me that my father made an agreement with the company
management that they should not release the two trunk boxes to me without a
foreign partner that is why i am seeking for your assistance to help me
stand before the company as my foreign beneficiary partner or my guardian
to receive the trunk boxes in your country so that i can come over to meet
you and continue my education.

Please help me and stand as my guardian and contact the security company.
I want you to come down here to be sure of what i am saying and after the
transaction, i will go back with you After you have help me get my
inheritance. I am willing to offer to you 15% of the total sum as a
compensation for your help and you will also help me with the investment of
this money since i do not have any idea of investment

Expecting your soonest respond.
Thank you and God bless.
Omar Prisca.

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