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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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Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Jerry=20Achampong?= <achamjerry02@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: jrrchampg@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 06:12:48 +0530 (IST)
Subject: URGENT!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: achamjerry02@yahoo.in



- Dear Friend, My name is Dr.Jerry Achampong, I hail from the republic of Ghana, married with kids. I am the director of standard security and services limited Ghana. I got the information concerning you from the Ghana chamber of commerce and after due consideration, I decided to contact you believing that by the grace of God, that you will not disappoint me over this deal I have been working with this company for over ten years within this period, I have watched with meticulous precision how African heads of state and government functionaries have been using standard security and services limited to move sums of money USD, pounds sterling, French francs (cash) to their foreign partners. they bring in these consignments of cash and secretly declare the contents as jewelries, gold, diamonds, precious stones, family treasures and documents etc. Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria, (dead), Mobutu Sese Seco of Zaire (dead), Fode Sankoy of Sierra Leone, Gen. Babangida of Nigeria, Felix !
Houphet Boigny of Cote d'ivore (dead), Kanan Bedie of Cote d' ivore (Abidjan) etc. All these people have hundreds of consignments deposited with my office. Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most of these consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as eight years. Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases, the certificate of deposit are never available to any body except the depositors hence most of them are dead. Since the inception of the year 2007, our company's management has changed the procedure of claims of consignment, as soon as you are able to prove that you are the owner of the consignment or beneficiary to any consignment, it will be released to you upon demand from ourrecord, more than 160 consignments belonging to Gen. Abacha, Mobutu Sese Seco has been claimed in the past six months and this is why am soliciting for your maximum co-operation and assistance. Gen. Abacha has 160 consignments deposited with !
several names and codes.64 has been claimed in the past six months. T
he first son of Gen. Abacha died in a plane crash and the second son (Mohammed) is facing a murder charge and embezzlement, the family members are under house arrest without communication with the outside world. I have finalized every arrangement for you to come and claim consignment no;T106 and T107, containing $36million USD. I will supply you with all the information and documents you will need to claim this consignment. The procedure is simple; apply officially to the director of foreign operations of the company, requesting for the release of consignment no;T106 and T107. They will demand for the certificate of deposit and proof of ownership to the consignments. I will supply them to you and they will invite you to come and receive your consignments. I will need your full name, address and telephone number, to change the original documents in the file and every thing will be ok hence I am in charge. In conclusion, I assure you that this business is risk free. (our mode!
of sharing is 50-50). I will direct you on what to do upon receipt of your favourable response. Yours sincerely, Dr. Jerry Achampong


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