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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: Emmanuel Yak <revfrtimothygyan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: emmanuelabbey227@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 13:20:57 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY

Dear Friend,
Peace of God be with you,
Please, with the greatest of respect, I am sorry to disturb you with
my problem after reviewing your profile and have confidence in you. I
decided to contact you because of my present situation. My name is
Emmanuel J.Yak, A final year student of Arab Academy for Science,
Technology & Maritime Transport, My late father Dr.Justin Yak during
his life time was the former Minister for SPLA Affairs and Special
Adviser to President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, my parents including
other top Military officers and top government officials were also on
board when the plane crashed on Friday, 2 May 2008. You can read more
about the plane crash through this site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7380412.stm

After the crash our entire nation both young and old were mourning the
demise of my parents and others involve the ugly incident as the
President declared three days mourning nation wide. Few weeks before
the burial/funeral rires of my late parents, my uncle suggested that I
come and stay with him and his family for parental guidance and
protection as I will be lonely, an idea that I welcome with open mind.
The funeral of my parents was at hand and my uncle requested that I
should give him some of my late fathers documents. I refused when I
noticed that he wanted to sold my father's properties to a Chinese
company, as a result of that he collaborated with his wife and turn
against me.My father has a lot of properties which some of them were
seized by the current government. In course of searching for my
father's properties, my uncle's wife served me a poisonous meal. But
by the grace of God, I was weak that day and have some symptoms of
malaria and lost of appetite that I could not eat the food. I waited
and take the food to the house dog, to my greatest surprise, the
following morning the dog died. I was shocked and after an hour the
wife of my uncle came to me and ask me if I ate the food last night
and I responded yes Madam.

From there I discovered my self and I have no option than to make a
move to save my life. I run out from the house and move to my course
mate with the parents to save me life. Please I come to you to know if
you will help me receive some amount of money my late father left in
one of the security finance company in Ghana.If its interest you to
help me out with open mind, I will give you more details and getting
the money has no risk involved.

What I need is your full name and address, Telephone numbers for
communications and your bank information so I will inform the bank's
lawyer to do all the claiming documents to your names so the money
will be transferred to your account over there while I come over to
continue my education under your watch and also invest the money in a
lucrative business you will advise me into.The Total money involve is
€4. 5Million Euros. I have make up my mind to reward you handsomely
with 15% of the total money for your kind assistance. All the
documents covering the money are safe and secured. I will make them
available to you upon demand.I am waiting to hear from you as soon as
possible so that I will know what to do next. EMAIL:
emmanuelabbey227@yahoo.com.hk
Sincerely,
Emmanuel J.Yak.

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