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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: "mrs.rebecca@cantv.net" <mrs.rebecca@cantv.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:27:11 -0430
Subject: From: Mrs. Rebecca Garang

From: Mrs. Rebecca Garang
     Jubba, South Sudan
               
Greetings in the name of the highest GOD. The source through which I got your contact gave me the confidence to reach you. I am Mrs. Rebecca Garang the widow of late John Garang who was until his death the vice president of Sudan in Africa. My son is aware of my contact with you.
 
Considering the magnitude of this transaction. I intended to get better acquainted with you on phone before writing you in full details. My late husband having indefatigably fought as the great leader of the SUDANS PEOPLE LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SPLM) for over 22yrs, in the month of November 2004 he was invited by President Bush and the United Nation top officials alongside with the incumbent President Umar Al-Bashir in US and was offered US$30million by the US government as his compensation in the decades of opposition and to join the Government of National Unity of Sudan. Having accepted his condition to be the Vice President and organize a fresh election in Sudan within the next six months he accepted the cash offer and this led to a peace agreement that was signed on the 6th of January 2005 and subsequently was sworn into office as the Vice President of Sudan on the 9th of July 2005 without foreseeing the plot to eliminate him just days ahead. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. For more information’s in relation to this, please check this BBC site:
http://news.bbc.co .uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4737661.stm
 
The US$30million was safeguarded in many ways as he intended to contest in the presidential election and use part of this money for his campaign. Since his demise, President Al-Bashir and his cohorts have done all they could seek information on where this money was saved to no avail.
I am giving you this information based on the confidence I have bestowed on you and do pray that you will not betray or lead me astray. $15Million dollar deposited in a Swiss bank, He bought large landed properties located in the heart of Ugandan capital Kampala and $5Million US is deposit in a suspense account of a prime bank in Abidjan capital of Cote D’Ivoire in West Africa, Unfortunately the Swiss account has been shutdown. I will explain more when I call you on phone.

As a matter of fact, The United States (U.S.) has implored the Khartoum regime to make up for lost time in preparing for an independence referendum early next year for the Southern Sudan.
In fact, on the sidelines of a meeting of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, met with Sudan’s Vice President Ali Osman Taha to impress upon him the need for a well-organised and peaceful vote in January.

 

The Barack Obama administration has said it is “inevitable” the south will declare independence. Given the south’s substantial known oil resources, many worry that the predominantly Muslim north will find it difficult to accept an independent south.
There are also fears that a vote splitting the south and north will re-ignite a bloody civil war that ended in
2005.

Due to circumstances and challenges am currently facing with the government of Sudan now, it is not in any way safe for me to bring in this money in Sudan or even discuss this with anybody locally and this has kept me in a skeptical condition to disclose anything to anybody.

My aim of contacting you is to nominate you as the beneficiary of this deposit with the bank in Abidjan capital of Cote d’Ivoire for the transfer of this money to your account, which I intend to invest in a lucrative business in your country, If this offer is acceptable by you notify me immediately to enable me forward you with the full contacts of the bank in Abidjan capital of Cote d'Ivoire (IVORY COAST) and every other necessary information needed for the release of this deposit
 
Regards.
Mrs. Rebecca Garang

 

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