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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: mustapha salim <mustaphasalim2000@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:02:56 -0700
Subject: From Mustapha Salim


I am sorry for the inconvenience this email will give you but i will
appreciate if you can make out time to go through my message.

My name is Mustapha Salim, I am a Liberia who base in Ghana, i have a deal
that will be of great benefit to you, its should be very confidential to you
that i am disclosing a top secret to you because i need your understanding
as regarding my position.

My late Dad, Ibrahim Salim, was an aid to Muammar Gaddafi before he pass
away in the crisis happening in Libya and he did deposited a consignment
with a security company stated that he has valuable item in the consignment,
but the consignment contain 7million united state dollars.

I am the next of kin to this deposit consignment, of which i will need your
assistance to contact the security company as my late Dad friend because i
did discuss with the company director and he is waiting for me to come and
claim the box, being the next of Kin but due to my present limited state in
Ghana, i cant afford to pay the company the safe keeping fee.

It will interest me if you will be willingly enough to come to Ghana and
assist me by claiming the box and arranging on how we can transfer the fund
to your country, but if you cant I have also discuss with the company
director on this idea, whereby they will make the delivery of the box to you
as my Dad friend, upon making the delivery,then you will pay them all cost
been involves in making the delivery and the safe Keeping fee and he did
accepted.

This payment can be done from the box, because upon the delivery to you, the
delivery person will give you time to access the box privately and with that
process you can collect some fund for all their cost.

I will need you to advise me as regarding your ability by handling this fund
in your country without we having problem because i wish you handling this
fund for investment for the periods of 6year where by you will be giving me
update anally as regarding our investment, profit will be share 50/50 as my
beneficiary since i also wish to further my education for my bright future
since i know education is the key of my success in life.

Upon your response then i will approve your name to the security company as
my Dad friend for our progress in this deal where you been the my
beneficiary to enable the company proceed with you, please your
understanding will be kindly needed to enable the achievement of my dream by
coming over to start a new life in your country. upon the successful end of
this deal, i have made my mind to give you 20% of the entire fund.

please if you have any question as regarding the deal that you do not
understand, kindly feel free to ask me for our better understanding as i
will look forward to hear from you.

Best Regards

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