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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "princewilljnr@yahoo.in" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Princewill Boateng <princewilljnr1@yahoo.in>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 00:57:49 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: YOUR KIND REPLY
Greetings to you ,
My name is Princewill Boateng Jnr writing you from Accra Ghana West Africa. I hope i did not embarrassed you with my proposal for an assistance since you do not know me personally. I got your email contact from a reliable source during my search for a trusted person and after a fervent prayers i was pleased in my heart to write you,and i do hope this mail will meet you in an excellent condition.
I am seeking your Honest and kind assistance to help me stand as my foreign Trustee to claim and receive my inheritance Fund in the tune of $3.8 MILLION USD(Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars). Which my late Father Chief David Boateng a Gold merchant left for me in a bank here before he died through a heart operation in one of the private hospitals in Ghana.
Note:I will be willing to part 30% of the total Fund to you as a compensation for your kind assistance to make my dream come true as soon as the money gets to your safe custody.Since i have the plans to relocate and settle down in your country to start up a new life overseas.
I will appreciate your quick response so that i do not make a further contact.
Thank you and God bless you.
Yours faithfully,
Princewill Boateng
Note: princewilljnr@yahoo.in
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