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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: "Dr.James Adoh" <dejamesado@optuszoo.com.au>
Reply-To: drjamesado@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:23:38 +1100
Subject:



Dr.James Adoh
Afrotech Consult Ltd.,
No. 4 Lambert Road,
Accra - Ghana.

Dear

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal
believing
that it will receive the most desired attention from you even as we
have
not had any previous correspondence before. Although I am
constrained by
insufficient information about you, but I will express in full the main
objectives of this proposal. This request for your assistance is of
mutual
benefit to us all. Our company is specialized in contract
syndication,projects consulting, monitoring/supervision and
managementservices.

We would like to solicit your kindness in assisting us to champion
the
transfer of some fund from our country to yours for safe keeping.
The
total amount of fund is US$35million (Thirty-Five Million United
States
Dollars only). Please note THAT the transfer operation will take
seven to
ten working days to be completed.

You shall be entitled to 30% of this fund for your envisaged efforts
and

assistance rendered. The remaining 70% would be for our company
and the
top officials. This proposal is strictly confidential, free from any form
of risk and does not depend on any particular field of trade to
execute.Therefore, the line of business of yourself/company is not a
hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. It however
requires your adequate participation and support to enable its
accomplishment on schedule.

Be informed that on completion of this business our company will
use part
of its share of the money to invest in your country under your
care.Kindly
send your reply via email signifying your interest to enable me give
you
more information, so that we can commence the whole transaction
immediately.

Your quick and favourable response will be highly appreciated.

Sincerely yours,
Dr.James Adoh
(Executive Director)
Alternate email: drjamesado@ymail.com

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