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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: "David Sankoh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidsankoh@gmx.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:12:32 +0800
Subject: Need your help for investment/reply

Greetings,

How are you and your family?I hope fine? If so thanks be to God,Please let me use this opportunity to introduce myself.I am David Sankoh the eldest son of late Dr. Sankoh.I am 28yrs old ,and my mother is Doris Sankoh 50 yers old widow ,i am the next of kin to the mettallic strong box containing $12m usd clean cash which is lying down in K.L.I.A for safe keeping.The fund is not a stolen or drug fund.My late Father was an owner of a small Gold and Diamond Corporation Company in my
home town Sierra-Leone and died as a result of power struggle.It was a political struggle. After his death me and my mother had to move to Ghana refugee camp in Accra here to resettle and also because of the consignment which was deposited by my late father (Dr Sankoh) with provident security and insurance company before it was shipped to malaysia but we are also not safe here because if those in sierra-Leone understand that we are here in Ghana, they will come after us and our life will be in serious danger as some of them are aware that we have this kind of fund.


the original person who suppose to clear the consingnment on our behalf here in malaysia as our beneficiary he later betrayed us after my mother had made all efforts to ship the consignment out of africa [accra ghana] to malaysia.He later called us that he is going to take 70% for the total fund,that was when my mother stopped the diplomat not to deliver the consignment to him anymore because he is a greedy man.my mother now sent me to malaysia to monitor the consignment.That is the reason why we are seeking for your utmost asistance to stand as our new beneficiary to clear the consignment for us as our trustee.Sir please do render us your TRUST and keep this transaction confidential for security reasons,because the fund is our life and our future. Sir I and my mother have agreed to offer you 20% for your
assistance and 10% for any expenses you will carry out during this transaction including your phone calls.

We intend to invest wherever we finally reside and i believe you could be of useful assistance in area of investment. Please kindly reach us through this telephone number +60143285417.As soon as i receive your response i will attached all the documents issued to my late Father during the time he was depositing the consignment as family belongings with the security company here in ghana before it was shipped to malaysia for safe keeping and also our refugee identity card for your record.Please do not under estimate our request because it is very important,we are planning to invest in an hotel business in your country.please kindly send us your full information please get back to me urgently with your advice.

David

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