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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: "who561@att.net" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unfa@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 01:02:49 -0700
Subject: Can i rely on you?

Dear Sir/Madam,

I wish to introduce my self to you. I am Bamanga Elamin from Sudan but presently i am in Ghana, i am 19 years old and my younger sister is 15 years old, we both are children of late DR. AHMED ELAMIN. My late father was the Managing Director of Alshagara Industrial Complex (AIC) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in Sudan and he was the personal advicer to the former head of state before the the civil war. During the civil war rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father in cold blood as a result of the civil war in my country. It was only me and my younger sister is alive now.

My family was among the first target of the rebels because my Late father was a politician supporting the Present Government when the problems was about to start.Due to this all the members of my family was Murdered in a cold Blood and our family house was set blazed. We was Lucky and escaped death because we were in bordering when this deadly incident took place.

We managed to make our way to a nearby country (Ghana) where our father deposited all his money for safe keeping as if he knew before his death. We have documents of the sum of $9, 500.000.00 (Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) deposited in a bank here in Ghana by my late father. This was why we have decided to relocate to Ghana to enable us claim our funds because that is the only thing we have to live a good life. We are now seeking for a reliable person who will assist us to get the funds from the Bank since we do not have the resources to do it by ourselves.

However, my contacting you is to help us transfer the money to your bank account since we don't have any bank account and we had lost all we ever had. We intend to invest this money abroad with your assistance so that my younger sister and i will have better future with you and your family. You will also advise us the best area we can invest the money in your country because this is the only hope we have to live a better life.

All we need is for you to stand-in as our investor, to facilitate the transfer of the funds from the Ghana bank to your bank account anywhere in the world. All we need is your help since we are left with no other alternative. We are ready to part with 20% of the fund to you, for assisting us, while the rest of the money will be used for investments with your advice, also i can enter into a joint business with you depending on your wishes and agreements we could reach.

I will appreciate your interest in helping us in this situation, i will await your timely response. Thank you and may God bless you richly.

kindly reply to my email ID:cw4328@gmail.com

Best Regards
Bamanga Elamin

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