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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: "Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources"
<dock6@petroleumandpipelinemarketingboard.com>
Reply-To: anitaahmed18@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:16:49 +0800
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION


Hello Dear,

Due to my careful search for an honest, reliable and sincere business
partner, i got your contact from internet and i ask if you can be trusted
not to break an agreement? Still, it took me time to make up my mind to
contact you and to offer you this proposal of mine of which my whole life
depends on. Please reply me in my personal email:*anitaahmed18@yahoo.com*

My name is Miss Anita Ahmed Kaban, the daughter of Mr. Behki kaban Ahmed of
blessed memory from Zimbabwe, During the current crises against the white
farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of President Robert Mugabe to claim
all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered
all white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and his
followers. My father is One of the most successful multy farmers in our
country and because he did not support Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabes supporters
invaded his farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing him and made away
with a lot of items in my fathers farm and killed him.

Before his death, my father had deposited with FINANCE HOUSE IN BENIN
REPUBLIC the sum of (USD $6.5 MILLION). S IX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATE DOLLAR. After the death of my father, I decided to move to
Republic of GHANA where i re-located under political asylum as a refugee to
seek for foriegn patner overseas that will assist me to move this money out
of THE FINANCIAL HOUSE to your country as i have made up my mind to invest
and live in your country.

As an asylum seeker i am not allowed to operate any Bank Account within
Accra Ghana.I have agreed to offer you 7% of the total sum for your
assistance as
soon as the money get`s into your account while 5% will be mapped out for
any expences that may be incurred in the course of this transaction both
local and international.

I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please
treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out
come of it. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal phone
and fax numbers and also your private e-mail address for easy and urgent
communication.

Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless you.

Sincerely Yours,
KABAN..

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