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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: Wesley Clark <wesleyclark56@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:02:05 +0100
Subject: Re: You need to read this and get back to me asap!!!

Dear friend,please i seek your indulgence to introduce myself, my
name is Mr.Wesley George Clark, Former appointed board of Trustee
chairman on paying of local and foreign contractors in 2011, am
married with 2 children a boy and a girl, i have resigned on every
government appointments and engagement...

I will go straight to the point regarding the full details why i
contacted you, i hope you will find it interesting and make your
intention either assisting and helping me on the issue or decline.

This is all about $38million USD, deposited as family valuable in
security company vault here in Ghana,below will throw more light about
this fund and the need why i seek for your help and assistance.

This fund is deposited by a general from Libya during the regime of
Gaddafi late president of Libya, and as of then i was his aid in terms
of making some deposit for him off shores and even when he came to
Ghana to deposit this fund in the year 2011 September to be precised
my attention was summoned, and that is why i have every kin knowledge
of the fund and also the vital documentations, because for the trust
he have for me he entrust the documents in my care, but unfortunately
to him and fortunate to me he died during the falling of Gaddafi and
am the only one who know about the fund, which even the security
company personnel's where the fund is deposited know me also, and on
my own i have clear every sources of suspicious of the fund, and this
have made me to spent a lot of money by getting some of the staffs in
the security company to change some certain documents for me, and
replace it with the documents i prepare to back me up when ever i get
a foreigner who will stand as my foreign partner in claiming the fund.

What you have to understand is that this business is illegal free and
i need you to stand claim the fund as my foreign partner, to be use in
a lucrative and profitable investment in your country, because of the
huge amount of the fund i will be definitely questioned and
investigated by the government of Ghana, if i stand to claim this fund
on my own but if you as a foreigner stand for the claims all that is
required is to provide some documentations and meeting with few
requirements and the fund will be withdrawn from the vault and deliver
to your country or transfer to your bank account in your country, as
the bona fide beneficiary of the fund.

This is an opportunity i don't want to allow to slip off our feet, and
i believe that you will find it interesting and willing to assist me
in this transaction wholeheartedly, in other for us to achieve a
greater success at the end, that is why am also suggesting that you
come down to Ghana so that we can meet face to face and also for you
to see things yourself, because there are many similar kind of
transaction going on in the internet with a lot of promises but at the
end you will find out that the people you are dealing with only
escorted money from you and disappear, but when you come down on your
own and see things by yourself then you will know that this is a very
lucrative transparent transaction which have to be handle properly,
for success to be recorded in it.

And also you will see that you stand to gain a lot for your help and
assistance in seeing that the fund is withdrawn and transfer to your
bank account.

One more last thing i want to say, i know that by now you will be
wondering why i chose you for this business, well to clear and calm
down your curiosity, i come across your information when am searching
in the internet for a foreigner who is a big time
manufacturer,investor or into corporate business and real estate, who
can be able to assist me to execute this business, when i come across
your contact and profile i was moved to contact you because i read
about you and know that honestly you are equal to the task to aid me
in achieving success in this business, and i know that if only both of
us will communicate and see each other as friends and as partners, i
believe we will all benefit tremendously after this business, and i
will like to invest in your lines of business because i see it very
lucrative and profitable.

On this note i will wait to hear from you, i still urge you not to
hesitate in asking any question where things get confusing to you.

Best regard,
Wesley

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