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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: Jennifer and Timothy <jenniferandtimothy1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 01:40:54 +0430
Subject: Dear Good Day, Pls...will need your help!!

Dear Good Day,

How are you doing today? I pray you find peace as you read this mail and
find a place in your heart to help me and my brother. Let me start by
introducing my self by saying that we are the children of Late Chief Joseph
Segun from Liberia. He is also the former minister for Orientation in our
country and also a Gold dealer in Liberia and Ghana. I will like to let you
know why I have write you this mail.

I lost my Father and My Mother in a Air crash on their Gold trip to
Colombia, and my only younger brother Timothy is 16 due to the war in
Liberia we have no other option to run for our dear lives and there was no
one to take care of our self the only money left with us got finished when
we came to Ghana to see if we could claim the deposited funds but the
security company refused to release it to us that unless we come with a
foreign beneficiary, We now ended staying in the Bujumbura Refugee camp in
Ghana. It was after three years later we found the (NAELA) National Academy
of Elder Law Attorneys in the Refugee camp in Ghana looking for those who
their late parents has a deposited funds with the security company in Ghana
and my late father's name was in the list that is where I found our family
Lawyer who is now here to help with all the legal documents covering the
deposited funds.

Before the Death of my father he is a Cocoa and Gold merchant In Liberia
.He had Boxes of funds Consignment, Which he deposited in the Security
Company in Accra, Ghana West Africa. he is about taking them from the
security company to China for a business deal, stated on a letter which he
gave to the Lawyer.

This is why I have contact you to help me claim this Two Boxes of Gold
Consignment is over ($11 million) If there is any way you can help then i
am promising you (35%).As soon as you write me I will give you the next
information on what to do to get the Boxes delivered to you in your country
as our foreign beneficiary.

Please I want you to keep this transaction confidential don't disclose to
anyone because I guess my late father was killed because of his wealth and
they also wanted us dead too so that they can claim our inheritance from
us. Please get back to me if you can help me before i will ask you to email
our Lawyer.


yours faithfully
Jennifer J. segun

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