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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: Oghenekevwe Andrew <oghenekevwe.andrew@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:39:47 -0700
Subject: REQUEST ASSISTANCE FOR BUSINESS


Dear Sir.,

I know this request may be surprise to you, mostly on how i got your
esteemed contact, for I do not intend to surprise you because you gave your
contact to me when we where on chat and be informed that I need a
reliable/honest individual who will understand my feeling and what I am
going through.
I am Andrew oghenekevwe the SON of late Chief. Timothy oghenekevwe a
native of Freetown , republic of sierra Leone , West Africa. My father was a
close friends/business partner to the deputy minister for mining and Natural
Resources [Dr Abel Majeed Haoun [Deputy to Mrs. .Cecilia Bannerman] in
Sierra Leone. Until his death, he has been doing business secretly with the
minister and at the same time representing him in all business
correspondence both locally and internationally unknowingly.
Before the death of my father, I been the only son he secretly told me that
he had the sum of $22 million [us dollars]
deposited with a private security firm in Ghana. These funds were realized
from the sales of gold dust, this he transacted on behalf of the minister.
the minister has no access to this fund as the fund could not be traced to
him or any of his relative and he does not have the contact details of the
contact of the security firm were the funds is been deposited. After my
father’s death, i did search his safe and discover all the documents which
my late father did use to deposit the money as consignment on his name on
behalf of a foreign business partner unknown to me. Before his death he uses
to business in Europe and America that is why I believe that my father’s
partners will be in one of this country.

Based on this, the minister has been running after my life asking me if I
know were my father deposited the money before his death which I did deny.
My fathers was killed by the rebels leaders my uncle advised me to leave the
country that is why I left for Ghana and that is were I am staying right now
for security reasons.
The reason why I am contacting you is that I want to claim the funds as
consignment from the security company as the beneficiary's next of kin and
you as my late fathers foreign partner who will receive the consignment on
my behalf in your country but the security company does not know the real
content of the box because my father told them that the box contains gold
and diamond and the box is sealed and .the money shall remain in your
custody till my arrival in your country. it can be transferred to your
account in any of this country I have mention that my father use to do
business as I am still interested in doing business in this country.
Meanwhile the money can be invested into risk-free profitable ventures and
there shall be an agreement to protect my interest. I have all the documents
to enable you claim the consignment from the security firm. I need
Your permanent address as well as some form identification. For your
reliable assistance, I will reward you with 20% of the total money and the
investment process 80% shall be for my family.
I thank you in advance in anticipation for your assistance in enabling me
achieves this goal.
The nature of your business does not necessarily matter; please contact me
if you are interested in assisting me. This will enable me scout for another
partner in the event of non-interest on your part.

Best regards,
Andrew Oghenekevwe

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