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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: dvdgarang@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:56:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: davidgarang46@yahoo.com



- Dear Sir/Ma,My name is David John Garang, the only son of John Garang, a former Vice President of Sudan. More violence erupted in Sudan ’s shaken capital following the sudden death of my late father John Garang together with his entourage on his way back from Uganda , who was killed in a helicopter crash soon after he was made vice president The clashes killed 46 people officials said, and echoed the ethnic and religious tensions that fueled the civil war between Sudan 's Muslim north and the largely Christian and animist south. A separate conflict in Sudan 's western Darfur region is continuing. My late father death happen as a result of his Christianity love toward Muslim Before then he revealed to me about one box containing US$ 45 Million US dollars which he deposited with one Security Company in Ghana . During his tenure as a rebel leader and Vice President and he show me where he kept the documents about the deposit, As if he knows he was going to die soon After his death i decided to move out of Sudan for my own security, because my life was in danger, i decided to move to the Republic of Ghana Where my late father deposited the money. and i have locate the security company here in Ghana, but as of the time he make the deposit he indicated in the documents that the money is for onward transfer to his business partner of which no name was mentioned.I decided to contact you as a foreigner oversea as the person my father told the security company that has the money.I here by seek your assistant to move the money out of the security company to your country because i can't go back to my country for now, and i can't do any investment in our country because all eyes on me, as only child of a formal rebel leader and became a vice president of the country Sudan So this is my reason of contacting you, so that you can help to contact the security company in Ghana for claim of the fund to your country and let them know that you're the next of kin to the money.To know more about my father death, you can visit this website (www.internetpirate.com/garang.htm) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/4735645.stm If you accept to assist me, i am willing to offer you 30% of the entire amount for your assistance expenses incurred in the course of transferring the money. I will want you to immediately confirm your interest so that I can then give you the security company contact and other relevant information's that will help to approach for the transfer of the fund to you in your country.Thanks and may the good Lord bless you as ever.Kind Regards.David John Garang


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