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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Bizon Latoya <latoyabizon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 19:24:02 +0100
Subject: please i need your help

Dear Sir / Madam


I must first solicit your strict adherence faithfulness trust and honesty
on this transaction I'm write You about even though we did not know each
other ,i got your contact on my urgent
search on international business relations all across the globe for honest
reliable
foreigner,and having been convinced from your profile that you are reliable
intentional man you are capable of handling this transaction of this
magnitude for me,that is why I contact You today and entrust you with this
task.

My name is Latoya am a Sudanese am the only surviving Daughter of late
Dr.Emmanuel Bizon,whom was the former Minister of Financial and Budget of
Sudan,he also traded in oil and also the personal Adviser to previous
administration.before he was assassination
during Sudan civil war,My father was ambushed by the rebels whom tortured
him to the point of death before he was rushed to the hospital were he died
as a result of internal bleeding according to the doctor report,after three
days,but before he died he vividly
revealed to me and my mother,of his deposits of two consignment boxes
containing amount US$20M twenty million each with a private security
company in Ghana which i will tell you the name of the security company
upon your acceptance response to help and assist us, which is the money he
realized from his personal business before his untimely death occurred
during the Sudan
civil war. and he also told us of his lawyer who is in charge of the
deposit in Ghana , and give us his contact information and his chamber
address in Ghana.


My father told to me and my mother in his hospital bed before he died that
he
deposited the funds to be claim up by foreign beneficiary that we will
present to the security company, So we should look for a foreigner to stand
as beneficiary to two consignment funds boxes ,

Now me and my mother are in Ghana because of the deposit, and we have found
my late father lawyer who took us to the security company and we confirmed
from the security company director he told us that the two boxes are in
their safe and secure safekeeping .but due to my late fathers ,the deposit
is to be claim by a foreigner and our present financial status,we are not
able to claim the deposits , since the deposited is to be claim up by
foreigner who me and my Mother will present to security company as our
foreign beneficiary to receive the two boxes this why we are looking for a
trustful reliable honest foreigner ,who will assist us in this project .
hence i and my mother really need your assistance as foreigner to receive
the funds into your country abroad.if it's pleases you to assist and help
me and my mother out, to sure , of what am telling you , upon your
acceptance to help us i will first send you the security contact
information for you contact the security company that you are my foreign
beneficiary for you to know all about deposit that am telling you about.

Sir , please , to this effect i will need some of your information to
present to the security company like your ,Full Name:..Country of Origin
city and Address:..Int'l Passport or Driving License:..and your contact
number:..which i will present to the security company that you are my
foreign beneficiary whom they are to release the boxes to and transfer them
to you in your country abroad.

ATTACHED HEREWITH THIS LETTER IS MY PICTURE , AND MY PARENT PICTURES , MY
LATE FATHER PICTURE AND MY MOTHER WHO IS HERE IN GHANA WITH ME, FOR YOU TO
SEE

After the successfully transfer to you in your country,then you will help
us secure traveling documents to enable Me and my mother travel down to
join you in your country,then you will help us buy a house and you invest
the money into a good Business under your care that will guarantee our
better future,so that I can further my education and life in Your country ,
thanks.

Yours Sincerely ,
Latoya.

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