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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: Ao R <aor1963@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: acs1963@mail.ru
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:45:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: jvp inquiry from you


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: aor1963@yahoo.com



- Sir, I am MISS ELISA SAWYER and 19 years old daughter of late NANA Sawyer Mensah .my late father was a successful cocoa and gold merchant here in my country Ghana. My father was assassinated by persons we suspected to be his rivals in business due to his exploit and giant strides in cocoa and gold business.Fortunately, after the death of my father I discovered that he deposited REASONABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY and 25 Kilos of GOLD DUST with a Prime MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL HOUSE here in Ghana. He made the deposit in my name as the next of kin. Based on this, I am humbly seeking your help in the following ways.(1)To receive the fund into your account and sell the gold dust for investment with you in your country.(2) To assist me relocate to your country to further my education as soon as the fund is transferred and received into your account. We shall negotiate your consideration for assisting me when I receive your acceptance mail to assist me.I will be waiting to hear from you.Thanks,MISS ELISA


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