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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: "Johnson Farley" <johnsonfarley@live.com>
Reply-To: johnson.farley16@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 12:40:14 -1200
Subject: GOOD DAY!

DEAR FRIEND,

CONFIDENTIAL

Good day,first of all greetings to you and your entire family, I pray that
may
the Almighty Lord guide you and your family.

Is my pleasure for writing you this letter, I want to use this opportunity to
introduce myself well to you, I am Johnson Farley, The son of
a late Chief Kai Farley of D R CONGO, I came to know you in the course of my
search for a reliable and God fearing partner and I decide to contact you
because I believe you are a reputable person and I felt you can help us over
this confidential matter.I count on your integrity and honesty to be able to
handle this business. I have a truck box that contain $25.5million U.S
DOLLARS
which is already in GHANA.

He also said that the security company does not know the content of the safe
box. He deposited the money in a safe security company because of the large
sum, he was poisoned by his business associates, and told us that I should
seek for a foreign partner in a country of our choice where we can transfer
this money and use it for investment purposes, I want you to assist me to
clear this fund out from the security company and invest it for us over there
in overseas as our foreign beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for an
investment purpose, Our interested areas of investment are; REAL
ESTATE,HOTELS, PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. We are honourably seeking for your
assistance in the following ways;

(1)To assist us to clear this fund from the security
company and transfer it to your country successfully.

(2)To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am a
Boy of (22)yrs, while my Sister is (20)yrs.

(3) To make arrangement for us to come over to your
country to further our education and to secure a
residential permit in your country. Moreover, We are
willing to offer you 25% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort /input after the
successful transfer of this fund to your country for investment.
Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards
assisting Us as we believe that this transaction would
be concluded within 14days, from the day you signify
interest to assist us.

Please kindly forward to us your private contact in other for us to reach you
quickly as our foreign beneficiary regarding this transaction.
I am presently in GHANA.

Thanks.
Best Regard,
JOHNSON KAI-FARLEY.
Please do get get back to me with my personal email,
johnson.farley16@gmail.com +233-547-766-951

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