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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: Junior Davis <jrakimbodavis01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 07:36:27 -0700
Subject: Hello

Greetings to you and your family as this letter may come to you as a
surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met, but I got your
details from GOOGLE search and I pray hard to GOD to direct me to the
rightful person who will be able to help me with trust and honesty,
and my heart went for you because you are not a jobless person. Permit
me to inform you about my desire to seek for assistant from you, and I
have the believe that you are going to help me out successfully. I
have to say that I have no intentions of causing you any pains, rather
it all bring joy and happiness. As you read this, I don't want you to
feel sorry for me because I believe everyone will die someday. but
firstly about myself.

My name is Davis Junior. The son of late chief Akimbo Davis, My father
was a very wealthy Gold and Diamond merchant who based in Accra
Ghana,I am the only child. Well, when I was a kid I went to private
schools and things were going on well for me and my parents, till when
I was in high school, after my mother died, My father took me so
special because I am motherless, and he shower all his love on me and
promised me, that he will never have another woman because he did not
want me to suffer in the hands of another woman so he never remarried.

Before the death of my father,in a private hospital here in Ghana, he
called me secretly to his bed side and told me that he kept a sum of
(Eleven Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) in a bank
here in Ghana. Meanwhile that he used my name as the next of kin on
the day of deposit of the fund, He also explained to me that it was
because of this money that made his business partners to poisoned him.
That I should seek for foreign partner in a country of my choice where
I would transfer this money and use it for investment purpose,such as
real estate investment or stock market investment.

Please, I am honorably soliciting your kind assistance as follows,

1) To provide a bank account for transfer of this money.
2) To serve as the guardian of this fund ,since I am 18-years old.
3) To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my
educational career and to procure me a residential permit in your
country.

I am inclined to offer you 20% of the total sum as a mode of
compensation for your effort after the successful transfer of this
fund to your nominated bank account overseas. Please I will be very
happy if this transaction will be concluded with you and I alone,
there will be no third party please. I am expecting to hear from you
as soon as possible. Kindly reply me through this email address
(jrakimbodavis@gmail.com) for more details if you are interested or
delete it if you are not interested at all. I wait to hear from you.

Yours Sincerely Son,
Davis Jnr.

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