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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: "SOLOMON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <akwaasn@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 05:38:05 +0530
Subject: Ref:Queridos/COMPLIMENTS

Dearest,
I am Mr Solomon Nana,the project engineer with Ghana Gold Mining Corporation. I write you this proposal in good faith.I was born in keta town in Ghana in 1964 and married with two kids. I have packaged a financial project that will benefit us.
On March 18th 2010, I received a gratification of US$6.7M from a Japanese company for assisting them to win a contract awarded to them by the federal government of Ghana for the re-construction/maintenance of the gold mining site and equipment instulation located at Ashanti region.
The contract although was over-invoiced but the original total contract value US$670M has been paid by the federal government to the company after completing the project early this year. So i have arranged to use this opportunity to present you as the owner.
Note I been a civil servant, am not allowed by law here to have such cash in my custody or to operate a foreign account.
So my aim of contacting you is for you to assist me in receiving this cash in your custody for protection as a representative and for investment until my arrival to met you in your country.I will reward you personally with a good offer after all is done.I programmed 14banking days to complete this project. So get back to me for further disclosure.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr Solomon Nana.A

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Queridos,
Yo soy el señor Salomón Nana, el ingeniero del proyecto con Ghana Gold Mining Corporation. Te escribo esta propuesta en faith.I buena nació en la ciudad keta en Ghana en 1964, casado y con dos hijos. He empaquetado una financiera de los proyectos que nos benefician.
El 18 de marzo de 2010, recibí una gratificación de $ EE.UU. 6,7 millones de una empresa japonesa para ayudar a ganar un contrato, concedido por el gobierno federal de Ghana para el re-construction/maintenance de la mina de oro y instulation equipos ubicados en región de Ashanti.
El contrato, aunque fue sobre-facturación, pero el valor total del contrato original de EE.UU. $ 670 millones han sido pagados por el gobierno federal a la empresa después de completar el proyecto a principios de este año. Así que han organizado para utilizar esta oportunidad para presentarse como el dueño.
Nota he sido un funcionario público, ¿no permitido por la ley aquí para tener dinero en efectivo como en mi custodia o para operar una cuenta extranjera.
Así que mi objetivo de entrar en contacto con usted es para ti para que me ayude en la recepción de este dinero bajo su custodia para la protección de representantes y para la inversión hasta mi llegada a la que conociste en tu country.I te recompensará personalmente con una buena oferta, después de todo se hace . programé 14banking días para completar este proyecto. Así que volver a mí para la posterior divulgación.
Atentamente,
Sr. Nana.A Salomón

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