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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: "Rubaka C. Ahmed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rubakam@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:25:43 -0700
Subject: Good day to you dear,

Compliment of the day,
1th September 2009.
Guardian assistant
After having gone through your profile, I prayed and decided to confide in
you for this simple and sincere
business.

I am Rubaka C. Ahmed, The only child to the late Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed of Sierra
Leone who was a very
wealthy Gold and Diamond dealer. My father was assassinated by unknown gun
men after his return trip
from Europe with my Mother. All the police efforts to track down the
assassins of my late Father and mother
has not been successful, Hence I decided to flee to a neighboring country
where I have been since as a
refugee seeking asylum in a refugee camp there in Budumura, Accra Ghana.

Meanwhile, before the death of my parents, my late father told me that He
deposited the sum of
$18.500.000.00 USD with a self keeping security and finance company here in
Accra Ghana where I am r
esiding now. I have gone to there office with the official logetment
receipt of the money as issued to my
father by the security company when he deposited the fund and the security
company confirmed that the
fund is with them. I have decided to invest this fund out side Africa and I
need you to assist me to get this
fund out from the security company here and take it to your country while I
join you for investing in your
country.

I am seeking your assistance to enable me front you to the security company
as my foreign partner, guardian
who will assist me in receiving this money from the security company.

(1) To provide me with your personal information details which includes,
your full names, Contact address,
and your Telephone and fax numbers so that I can submit it to the security
company authority, authorizing t
hem that you are my foreign partner and my guardian so that they can
recognize you and welcome for the
fund releasing the fund to you as my guardian.

(2) To serve as my next of kin, my guardian since I am only 23 years old.

3) To provide a good business where this money will be invested since I am
still a novice in the business
world

(4) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
Education and to secure a resident permit in your country

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 30 % of the total sum as compensation
for your effort/input after the
Successful transaction and 5% for any expenses that might incurred during
the transaction process making
it 35% of the total amount. Please get back to me.

Thanks and God bless.
Sincerely,
Rubaka C. Ahmed.

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