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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: linda_saka@o2.pl
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:48:18 +0800 (CST)
Subject: From Linda Saka


From Linda Saka

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I am the only child of late Mr. and Mrs. .J P. SAKA.

My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d’Ivoire before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss a business deal.

When my mother died on the 21st October 1984, my father took me so special because I am motherless. Before the death of my father on 24th November 2006 in a private hospital in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that during the war in my country, he moved the sum of US$10,600,000 (Ten Million Six Hundred thousand United States Dollars) and deposited with a security company abroad.

Before his death, his last words was that I should move to Ghana where his enemies will not know my where about then from Ghana that I must find any possible means of moving out and naturalize in a foreign country a where I can put up solid investment with the money so that I will not lack anything as his only daughter.

Now, I am staying here in a village in Kumasi Ghana with a teacher and his family of 4. Though they are poor but caring.

My father's desire is that I seek for a foreign partner outside Africa where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purposes,(Such as Real Estate management).To fulfill my father's dream for me by moving out of my country, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following way:

(1) To serve as the guardian of this fund

(2) Assist me in putting this sum of money in safe keeping by accepting to receive it from the security company with a letter of authority from me.

(3) to make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your efforts/input after the successful conclusion of this transaction.

Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within a few days your signify interest to assist me.

Anticipating hearing from you immediately.
PLEASE REPLY TO MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL BELOW:
linda_saka@o2.pl

Thanks and God bless you.
Miss LINDA SAKA

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