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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: "Peter Wanaga"<perterwanaga@mail.com>
Reply-To: wanagapeter@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 02:29:05 -1200
Subject: Dear One

Dear Sir,

I am making this contact to you in good faith and hope that it will transpire into mutual relationship for now and in future to come .I am the eldest son of late Mr. Joseph Wanaga a former gold and diamond merchant and also a known politician in my country Zimbabwe. My father was a fierce critic of Mugabe administration and also against his ills against the white farmers and seizures of their farms and because of that he was murdered. My father with other top government officials was accused of financial loss and detained by the Mugabe secret police, unfortunately he died in the detention but we know he was murdered while in custody and after his death the government has been accusing my family with strange accusation.

At first I thought it was a political vendetta from my father's political opponents but I was wrong, then they froze all our bank accounts known to them,hoping that we will starve to death.meanwhile my father already told us a secrete that he has some gold bar and cash deposited in a security company in Ghana, Since i can't do anything in my position here for now, that is why i need your assistant for you to come in on behalf of my family to claim the deposited Gold Bar of 1,800kg and un-disclosed variable items.

1. We want you to assist us to transfer and receive the Gold bar and variable items on our behalf in your country and also we want you to sell the gold bar and invest it into lucrative business of your choice after these then we will need you to assist us to get a visa so that we can join you over there in your country

Now that we are in Ghana we are safe from the persecution we are facing back home in Zimbabwe from the militia and government of Mugabe that is why we will want you to handle this with a successful business experience mind on our behalf as we supply you with detail concerning the certificate of deposit to have a successful transfer.

2.To assist us purchase a living house (home) in your country, where I and my sister can come over to further her education for safety. The gold bar deposited is worth Millions including the undisclosed items.

The essence of this mail is to open up communication with you to enable us know each other as regards to our plan to relocate and invest this huge fund judiciously with you in your company or country.

Meanwhile your presence will be much more needed in Ghana for the successful transfer of ownership into your name, when you are ready to come to Ghana I will need your passport copy to prepare a visa upon arrival then i will pick you up from the airport to the hotel the same day but if there is enough time upon your arrival or the next day then i will take you to the security company where the products is being kept All are in one sealed safe box as my Father told me

This sealed box has being there for over 6years now and there is an incurred cost which need to be paid because the security company are charging daily and we need to calculate the number of the days it have been there and they will also charge us for the export documentations of this sealed box to your destination country as the beneficiary owner of the sealed box.

Furthermore, I will release all the documents to you and the authority to perfect you as a beneficiary of the Gold bar and the Items on this deal. as the bonefied family foreign Investor to claim the deposited fund.

Meanwhile we will take full inspection of the Gold bar and to make sure that the seal box have not been tempered with before we pay them all their charges and I want to tell you some high secret about the items which is not disclosed to the security company as they think its only Gold,we have a huge amount of money in it $80,000,000 which is in United State Dollars

After all these is done,then they will require for your safe destination address to be shipped to and all these process will take 3-4days in Ghana in other words your duration of staying in Ghana will be only 4days

Please contact to let me know you received my email and willing to help us. I and my sister will compensate you with 40% of the fund for your help,and ours will be 50% while 10% will be for any incurred cost both here and over there in your country, all we need from you is your trust and cooperation and accept us as family and invest the money into business of your choice that will profit us both and assist us in coming to your country soon after and everything will be done in a well legal means 100% risk free.

Regards,
Peter Wanaga

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