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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: Smith Alison <smithalison201@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <smithalison244@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 12:12:00 +0000
Subject: Blessing Of The New Year




I am Mr Smith Alison, a politician and a previous member of Ghana's executive committee on contract awards.

My purpose of connecting you is to crave your indulgence to assist me in securing some funds abroad for safe keeping.
I deposited some kickback money the sum of Nineteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars which emanated from award of contracts awarded to Chinese and Malaysia companies in a security vault in Ghana pending when I will found a trustworthy person to move out the fund from Ghana to oversea business investment.

All I need from you is an assurance that you can handle the amount involved (Nineteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) comfortably and that I can also trust you. Inform me of your willingness in assisting with me, so that I can send you full details

Thanks
Smith Alison

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