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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: peterakayesu@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 17:26:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Recommended reading on the pharmacist.com site

A friend thought you might be interesting in the following www.pharmacist.com Web page:

http://www.pharmacist.com/Content/NavigationMenu3/AudienceLinks/NewPractitioners/Contacts/Contacts.htm

This is what your friend has to say:

From Mr Peter Akayesu

Dear,
Don t be amazed receiving this mail from me, it is because I have carefully selected you as my best friend and partner and a friend indeed will never disappoint his true friend. I got your contact from your country directory,please i need your help also selecte you as a trust-worthy person,i hope you can help me to receive this money in your conutry.

I am Peter B. Akayesu, the only Son of late Mr and Mrs Jean Paul Akayesu. My father was a very weathy Gold Merchant Monrovia the Gold Capital of republic of Liberia my father was poisoned by his business associates while my mother died when i am little and my father took me so special because I am his only son.
Before the death of my father on 14th September 2006 in a hospital here in Cote D ivoire, he secretly called me and told me that he has the sum of USD10,000,000,00 MILLION TEN MILLION U.S DOLLARS which he deposited in the security company in London.

For you information all the decument that conver the fund is interet with me.He also made me understand that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his business associates while on a business trip with them and he instructed me to look for a partner who will help me to get the money out from the security company and invest it for me, my purpose of contacting you is for you to help receive this money to your country before this people who kill my father will kill me too I m now hiding in a local place here and I will compensate you with 30% of this money if you help me to get this money out from security company London.

l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you because this money is my only hope in this life and you will also help me to come over to your country to continue my education while you will invest my own share of the money for me.

Please I relied on you as I am assuring you once again to be loyal to me since there is neither risk nor any implications concerning the money is an inheritance from my late father.I am waiting to hear from you.

Best Regreds
From Peter Akayesu



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