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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 Owusu Owusu <owusumrowusu@ymail.com>
Reply-To: Mr Owusu Owusu <moawia_aljack@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:33:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I wait to hear from you




 
Attn: Sir /Madam,
 
I am Mr Moawia aljack isamail a citizen of Sudan i am Gold exporter manager in our branch company. I need your assistant of transferring out $9Million US dollars and 55kg of GOLD to a foreign account as my foreign investor or my foreign partner. I am doing it secretly without any body knowing of it in our company
 
We deal on Gold , COPPER SCRAPS and crude's oil, I did over invoiced during our sales. If  you are ready to work it out with me your share will be 30%, i will have 70%.
 
This money has been deposited in one of the leading financial firm  in Ghana. everything about this money have to be change to your name for easy movement to oversea So if you are interested, tell me for us to discuss in details.
 
I wait to hear from you.
Mr Moawia Aljack Isamail

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