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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: crownedprince100 <crownedprince100@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:52:37 +0100
Subject: NEEDED HELP

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hello,

I am from the Royal Family in Ashanti Kingdom,
I am the only son to the Late king of the Ashanti Kingdom,
and He was the Owners and CEO OF Chamber of Mines in Ghana.My father was
killed by his brother to take over the power,wealth,kingdom and the
chieftainship title 7 years ago.I was taking to Exile by my mother to keep
me safe from my wicked uncle who is now the king of the Kingdom.Now my uncle
is very old and sick.Doctors disclosed to us that he cannot survive to life
any more and now I have my freedom and free from danger now.My father left
behind 850 kg of Gold which I inherited.My father safely kept in a Security
Finance Company during his regime is Office.I hereby solicit your assistance
to be my foreign partner because I've not been to any
abroad country before in all my life.All the necessary documents of the
Deposit from the
Security Company are with my Fathers lawyer.I have discussed issues with my
fathers lawyer
and at the moment he is in the United State of America.
I need to know if I can trust you, and are you ready to solicit your
assistance.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Yours Truly,
Nana Osei Tutu,

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