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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: Andrew Davis <andrewdavis750@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:06:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Important


Good Day,
I am the Senior Administrative Secretary of Missy Global Security Company in Ghana West Africa. I have been working with this company for over seven (7) years. All through these period, I have watched seriously and studied with interest, how African Heads of Government and their counter-parts have been using our company to move large sums of money to their foreign partners outside and within the country. They bring in various consignments containing money, cash and secretly declare the contents family treasure and inheritance, etc. What I really want now is to find someone whom I can trust outside this country to stand as the beneficiary of a consignment which has now being left abandoned by its owner former Togolese President, Gnassingbe Eyadema. for over 10 years and none of the family members have come to claim it because they lack the necessary documentation. For the release of this consignment, you will be requested to provide some documents and PIN code numbers. I will send to you all the information's required.Then you will fax it to the company's head office. As soon as it is confirmed to be correct, they will invite you for collection, or send the consignment through our diplomatic courier service to any address that you will provide to them. I am contacting you because I cannot ever let anybody in the company know that I have the right information and documents concerning these consignments.
As your benefit, I have seriously considered this and I am willing to give you 40% upon successful conclusion of this deal. For further explanation and to maintain confidentiality of the transaction; you can email  me on my private email:
1) Your full name2) Your full address3) Your phone number4) Your country of origin5) A copy of your passport or Driven License6) Your occupation.
Thanks,
Andrew Davis.andrewdavis750@yahoo.com

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