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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: john abbey <abbeyjohn622@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 04:19:00 +0000
Subject: Compliment of the season

Compliment of the season, greetings in the name of our lord and saviour
Jesus Christ. I am sending this proposal based on faith and trust so, i
want you to keep it confidential.

I am Dr. abbey john, representing kamaplus consultancy services (GH) Ltd a
consulting firm based in london. We have a client by name Ahmed Isa Godwin
who is a refugee from the DR.Congo, and this client deposited $6.4m USD and
200kg Gold Dust (22karat) with a security house for safe keeping but, he
did not disclose the content to the management of the security house for
security reasons. My Client have been looking for a reliable and credible
investor to help him clear this fund and gold from the security house, and
invest it outside Africa.

So, i have been mandated to source for a credible and reliable investor who
is ready to invest the fund of this innocent boy or accept this young man
as a partner. If you are intrested, i will want you to contact me as soon
as possible. Please i want you to state in your reply if you want to invest
this fund or you will want to go into partnership with this young man.
Waiting to hear from you soon

Regards abbey john (Phd)

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