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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: ANN GARANG <anngarang@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 08:22:27 +0000
Subject: confidential

Dear friend
Please with due respect and in the name of God.
How is every thing over there in your country,i believe that you are
in good health, and the atmosphere over there in your country is very
nice today?
My name is (Ann Garang Younes ) From Libya in North Africa, i am (23years old)
Presently i am residing here in Togo as a result of the war that
happened in my country which i escaped to this country were i am
under refugee camp.
My late father MAJOR GENERAL, (ABDEL FATTAH YOUNES).He also held the
post of Minister of Interior, but resigned on 22nd February 2011 to
defect the rebel in Libyan civil war. My father was killed by members
of an anti-Gaddafi military on 28th July 2011. When rebels
anti-Gaddafi military troupe attacked our house one early morning
killing my parents. Equally my mother was six months pregnant and she
was a senior lecturer at the university before her death, it's only me
that is alive now because I am the only child to my parents, and I
managed to make my way with the help of UN to Togo, where I am leaving
now as a refugee.
under the care of a REV. FATHER. CHRISTOPHER ADAMS. who is the priest of
the ( Saint-Louis Roman Catholic Church (Togo) here in the camp, he
has been very nice to me since I came here but i am not living with
him rather i live in the female's hostel because the camp have two
hostels one for men the other for women.
Please do not be offended for this message that comes from me , its
just that i don't know what else to do, because my situation here as
the refugee is giving me a great concern, therefore, i will like you
to consider my situation as an orphan, and be kind with me, as i am
putting the whole of my trust on you with out fear, though i don't
know who you are before, but i believe that with God all things are
possible and you can not betray me at the end.
I am communicating to you because of my difficult situation here in
this refugee camp, Its just like one staying in the prison and i hope
by Gods grace i will come out here soon.
I don't have any relatives now whom i can go to, all my relatives ran
away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is. the REV.
FR. CHRISTOPHER ADAMS, who is our guardian here in this refugee camp, he
has been very nice to every body in the camp. The transitional
government in Libya want to confiscate the money from me so the Rev
Farther has advice me to
look for a foreign partner as a beneficiary of the fund to help me to
tranfer it into your account and i will give you 30% .
Here in this camp I am sending you email through the church office
computer at the Rev Farther office. Because as a refugee here we don't
have any right or privilege to any thing be it money, phone, computer,
or whatever because it is against the law of this country. I want to
go back to my studies because I only attended my first year before the
tragic incident that lead me to be in this bad situation now.

Please listen to this --( because it's a secret, even no one knows
about it except you and i knows about this).

When my father was alive he deposited some amount of money in one of
the leading banks in ( Togo ) which he used my name as the next of
kin, the total amount, is US$6.5M (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars). So I will like you to help me to transfer this
money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to
get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet you in
your country. I kept this secret to people in the camp here the only
person that knows about it is you and me.For your own information,
i want you to view this news information
about killing of my late Father, story through BBC WORLD NEWS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ news/world-africa-14336122 So i will like you to
keep it to yourself as secret and don't tell it to anyone because i
am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know
about it.
Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i
deposed on you. I like honest and understanding people,truthful and
people that have vision, hardworking and GOD fearing person. .
can i trust you as a genuine friend ?
Awaiting to hear from you soonest
Thanks and remain blessed.
Ann Garang Younes

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