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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: "Mr. Johnson Peters" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnson.peters112@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:26:01 -0400
Subject: Important- Please Treat As urgent

Good Day,

Good day to you. I will begin by introducing myself; I am Mr. Johnson Kweku Peters with the UN High
Commission for Refugees here in Ghana. Following the uprising in Libya a convoy from our office, with me
included, was sent to Libya to secure our interests, assets and citizens there in Libya. In the course of this
mission I had an encounter with a very wealthy merchant in the city of Misurata who was seriously wounded
from a terrible attack by pro-Gaddafi forces on the city, I learn from him as well as other witnesses that his
entire family was wiped out though he managed to escape with one of his young son but not after sustaining
several injuries. El-Hajj Ahmet Walid was to pass on four days after we met, may his soul and those of his
innocent family rest in peace.

Before El-Hajj Ahmet Walid passed on he confided in me and pleaded with me to take good care of his son
with his last wealth he could escape with which was two metallic trunk boxes containing about 15 million US
Dollars in each. He begged me to help secure the money in the boxes for his young son who is just 15 years
old of which the dying man forced me to make it a promise.

I returned with the UN convoy from Libya a few days ago and was able to get the young Master Sadeek Bin
Walid into Ghana as a refugee, I was also able to secure the two metallic trunk boxes into the country as his
belongings meant for foreign purpose but no one knows the content of the boxes. Right now because of the
position I hold in the UN High Commission here in Ghana I cannot openly expose myself in any involvement
in securing the boxes out of the UN security storage facility because the young Master Sadeek Bin Walid
must have to provide a foreign beneficiary whom the UN High Commission will only release the two metallic
trunk boxes to on behalf of the young boy.

I need you now to be the foreign beneficiary of Master Sadeek Bin Walid who will receive the boxes from
the UN High Commission and take care of the young boy. Immediately the UN High Commission recognizes
you as the foreign beneficiary, the two metallic trunk boxes will be immediately delivered to you at your
location in your country and further arrangement will immediately be made for the young boy to travel to meet
with you to begin a new prosperous life. On compromise I am willing to let you keep 30% of the money in the
boxes if you commit to help in this lucrative transaction and also keep the young boy's percentage in your
custody until he is ripe enough to manage his fund.

Sincerely,
Mr. Johnson Peters
johnson.peters111@gmail.com
johnson.peters112@gmail.com

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