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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: "leehoof_001@yahoo.co.jp" <leehoof_001@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: franklinjames2008@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 02:55:26 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Awaiting Your Immediate Response


FROM:FRANKLIN JAMES,
TRUST FINANCE SECURITY & SERVICES LTD.
ACCRA MAIN BRANCH.122 RING ROAD OFF KNIGHTS STREET,
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
P.O BOX 543 ACCRA GHANA.

DEAREST ONE.

My Name is Franklin James,42 yrs,a Secretary,a Ghanian National married with one wife and four children.I work as an Administrative secretary to TRUST SECURITY & SERVICES LTD in Ghana.Earn a salary of 2.6 T-D/350 UDS equivalent monthly.I joined the services of this company in 1991 as an office
assistant.I got the information concerning you and your company from the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and after due consultation with my spiritual adviser,I decided to contact you believing that by the grace of God you will accept to be my partner in this Business.

I have been working with this company for seventeen years.Within this period,I have watched with meticulous precision how African Heads of States and Government Functionaries have been using TRUST/FINANCE SECURITIES to move huge sums of Money USD,Pound sterling, French France Cash)to their
Foreign partners.They bring in these consignments of money cash and secretly declare the contents as jewelleries,gold,diamond,precious stones,family treasure documents etc.Gen.Sani Abacha of Nigeria (dead),Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead) Foday Sankoy of Sierra-Leone.Felix Houphet Boigny of Ivory
Coast (dead).Kanan Bedie of Ivory Coast etc.All these people have hundreds of consignments deposited with TRUST SECURITIES.Their Foreign partners,Friends and Relatives,are claiming most of these consignments.

A lot of them are laying here unclaimed for as much as 15 yrs.No body may ever come for them because in most cases,the documents of deposit are never available to any body except the depositors most of them dead.Since the inception of the 2000 millennium,TRUST SECURITIES MANAGEMENT changed the
procedure of claims of consignments.As soon as you are able to produce all the secret information as contained in the secret file of any consignment,it will be released to you upon demand.

From our record,more than 160 consignments belonging to Gen Abacha / Mobutu Sese Seko,has been claimed in the past six months.This is why I am soliciting for your co-operation and assistance.Gen.Abacha has 106 consignments deposited with several names and codes.62 have been claimed in the past
six months.Since he's dead,his first son is dead in a plane crash the second son is facing trail for murder and embezzlement,and the family members are under restricted arrest without communication.

I have finished every arrangement for you to come and claim consignment No 1201 containing USD 30M.My duty is to supply you with all the information and documents,by fax you will deal the management directly.The procedure is simple:Apply officially to the director of operations of TRUST
SECURITIES for the release of consignment No 1201.They will demand some documents and secret codes. Email me;I'll supply you with every detailed information.Fax it to them.As soon as they confirm it to be correct.They will invite you for the collection.If you do not want to come to Ghana,you can
arrange with them to transfer the consignment to anywhere on agreement.No body will ever know I am involved in the deal except the Lawyer who will write an agreement for us.I will suggest upon conclusion,we share 50/50.I assure you that the business have been hatched for 5 years now,it is very
secure and risk free.

Always email me for now 24 hours for further explanations and directives on the procedure.I am arranging a phone and fax numbers basically for this business.Reply me through my private mail box :
God bless you.

Thanks.

Franklin James .



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