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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: soniacoleman4favour@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:17:03 -1200
Subject: massage from sonia God bless you


Compliments,
I hope this message reaches you in good health. (AMEN)
Truthfully I am sorry to have browsed your email address from the
internet to send you this mail without your consent or approval. Do
understand.pls
Life is full of up and down but God is always good and has reasons
why things has to happens in life. permit me to introduce myself.Though
it is not left for me to say, but I know that I am an honest girl,
trustworthy, truthfull,loving kindness, open minded,intelligent, easy
going, faithfull and caring
My name is sonia 26years old and the daugther of late Chief
David Coleman.i am from Liberia but currently in Ghana,am a university
graduate,and also a christian,before my late father death,he deposited
some funds in a ( consignment box ) in a security company here in
Ghana,my late father was one of the bussines man and politicians in my
country who was against the evil doing of our former president (
Charles Taylor ) and he did this for security reasons just incase of his
death cos they have tried to killed him various times so he will not
obstruct the president desire for more terms in service as the president
and he make sure he let us know everything after he deposited this money
in the security company after some years later he was assasinated by
some political tyrant who were to believe that was the men of the
Charles Taylor and after my father died the killers came after us and
destroyed our house and my late father bussiness in liberia and also
came after us and we run to Ghana under the United Nations Refugee
Camp UNHCR (Buduburam) here in Ghana
With the document showing that i am the bonafide next of kin to my
late fathers consignment box.and it was deposited as family treasure
for security reasons but contains $4.5 million USD this consignment box
was deposited as family treasure unknown to anyone except my mother and
myself for security reasons. reaching here with the documents (
certificate of deposit and ownership )showing that i am the bonafide
next of kin with a barrister i met when i came here to ghana,i saw that
my late father laid down instruction and agreement with the security
company that before the release of his consignment was for us to seek
for a foreign beneficiary who will help us claim his consignment box
from the security company or transfer it to him or she in his or her
country and head a lucrative production or investment in his/her country
due to the effects behind Africa racism, political and polygamous family
problem
With the help of my pastor who has a canadian friend when he was
schooling in canada,he contacted his friend about his need to help me
stand as my foriegn beneficiary when he came here he contacted the
barrister and he give to him all the document showing that i am the
bonafide next of kin to my late father consignment.and i also told him
that i will give to him (15%) but he was greedy he wanted it (50 50)i
mean half part of the funds and this funds is all we have now in life. i
was not happy about that he knew that i am just a young girl that why
he wanted more but i disagreed i told him i cant do that.he want back
to his country and told me to contact him when i am ready but i know i
will not do that.pls dear friend i need your help to stand as my
foriegn beneficiary so that my late father consignment can be transfer
to you in your country but i will be more happy if you can come to
ghana.as i am writing you this, life is so hard and terrible for us
here in ghana my mom is very sick. now i just take care of kids as a
job just to keep up with my mothers illness.i don,t know why i,m doing
this but i,m so confused because my mothers is sick and i,m scared that
anything can happen to her and i don,t want anything to happen to her
cuz she is the only one i have left in my family,that why i browsed your
addrses and i prayed before sending it to you..i also pray that God
will give to you a kind heart for you to help me save my mothers life
pls dear friend pls i really need your help i will put this in to
prayers so God will give to you a kind and good heart to assist us.hope
to here from you.i will also come on web cam for you to see me on
cam.attach are my pics and id card

From sonia
coleman and mother God bles you



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