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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: "AGRIC PRO GH." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agricprocontracting@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:14:29 -0000
Subject: Nothing ventured is nothing gained REF:ACC/012/002

Good day,


I apologize for invading your privacy but the situation i find myself leaves me with no choice i got your email address from google search.

I am Matthew Ola a business partner with {Agric Pro Ghana limited} we are contractors with the ministry of forestry and mines.my company is also involved with mining of gold with branches in South Africa,Angola and Ghana West Africa.

With a contact of mine with the Ministry of Forestry,Lands and Mines i executed a contract here 1 year ago which amounted to the sum of 8.7 Million usd which was paid in my account with an investment company in Ghana.

Because of some profit sharing issues between myself co partners who got greedy,i am being probed by my company Agric Pro limited for issues of funds and illegal business transaction, and in order to move from the prying eyes of my co-partners i now need a foreign company/partner to help me in the transfer of these funds.It is my belief that some of my partners who are aware of these funds are doing all they can to divert it to their own accounts if the probing panel finds me guilty .

The company is aware of the USD 4.7M of the first contract payment(partpayment)which is the only one accounted for.The CEO of the Investment Company who happens to be a friend of mine has helped me release the balance sum of four million(4,000,000.00) USD to an offshore account with Crown third Party financial Institution with offices both in America and Dubai .

The reason i have contacted you is too help me move the 4,000,000.00 out of the bank to your Private account in your country, i can prove to you beyond every reasonable doubt that this is not a scam and will also furnish you with all documentations to have access to my account and confirm that the funds are truly in existence.

I am willing to invest this amount into your project and become a partner,additionally i am willing to part with 30% of the funds in question to you as your percentage if you will assist me in transferring this sum into your designated account in your country.

I look forward to your quick response please click reply on your email page to automatically respond to my private email address.

Yours Sincerely,

Matthew Ola.

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