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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: MRS KAMBELL ADAMS <kambelladamss89666@sify.com>
Reply-To: kambelladamss896@sify.com
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:47:02 +0100
Subject: REAL CONFIDENTIAL DEAL......READ AND GET BACK TO ME FOR MORE DETAILS.

FROM :MRS KAMBELL ADAMS,
E-MAIL: kambelladams896@yahoo.com OR E-MAIL:
kambelladams896@e-mail.ua OR EMAIL: kambelladams896@sify.com OR
EMAIL: kambelladams8966@yahoo.com

SUBJ: REAL CONFIDENTIAL DEAL......READ AND GET BACK TO ME FOR MORE
DETAILS.

Hello,

My name is MRS. KAMBELL ADAMS, I hail from the Republic of Ghana, I am
41 years, married with three children. I am the Director of Century
Security Company Limited,Accra Ghana. I got the information concerning
you from the Business links and after due consideration, I decided to
contact you believing that by the Grace of God, that we can make a
successful Business deal, without your disappointment over this deal.

I have been working with this company for over fifteen years. Within
this period, and I have watched with meticulous precision how African
Heads of State and Government functionaries have been using Century
Security Company Limited,Accra Ghana to move sums of money USD, Pounds
Sterling, French Francs (cash) to their foreign partners. They bring in
these consignments of cash and secretly declare the contents as
jewelleries, gold, diamonds, precious stones, family treasures, and
documents etc.

Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead), Gen. Sanni Abacha of Nigeria
(dead),Fode Sankoy of Sierra Leone, Babangida of Nigeria, Felix Houphet
Boigny of Cote d"Ivoire (dead), Kanan Bedie of Cote d"Ivoire (Abidjan)
etc. All these people have many consignments deposited with my office.
Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most of these
consignments.

A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as eight years.
Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases, the Certificate of
Deposit is never available to anybody except the depositors or me since
most of them are dead. I have through the instrumentality of Century
Security Company Limited,Accra Ghana re-deposited all these unclaimed
and overstayed consignment into the Vault Facility of a reputable
Security Company in Europe.Asia,South America Since the inception of the
year 2000, our company's management has changed the procedure of claims
of consignment, as soon as you are able to produce the secret
information as contained in the secret file of any consignment, it will
be released to you upon demand.

I have finalized every arrangement for you to claim consignment No.1401,
1402 containing $59.7 Million.(Fifty Nine Million seven hundred Thousand
United States of America ) I will supply you with all the information
and documents that will facilitate your easy claim of the consignment.
Upon your positive reply of this letter, I will furnish you with further
details and information regarding the modus operandi for the execution
of the transaction. This business is risk free as I have taken necessary
preventive measures. (The mode of sharing will be 60 -40), you can reach
me by private
E-MAIL: kambelladams896@yahoo.com OR E-MAIL: kambelladams896@e-mail.ua
OR EMAIL: kambelladams896@sify.com OR EMAIL:
kambelladams8966@yahoo.com
and I will direct you on what to do and also l like you to furnish me
with your full name and your confidential phone and fax number(s) for
easy reach. Please expedite action.

Yours faithfully,

MRS.KAMBELL ADAMS,
E-MAIL: kambelladams896@yahoo.com OR E-MAIL:
kambelladams896@e-mail.ua OR EMAIL: kambelladams896@sify.com OR
EMAIL: kambelladams8966@yahoo.com

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