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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: "J.A.Garang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <antonyfred45@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 16:34:58 -0700
Subject: Hello!

Mrs. ELIZABETH Garang

Plot 176 Block No.111 G.R.A, Jebel Kujur , Juba ,South Sudan.

Mutual Investment Request.

Dear Friend/Partner,

This message may come to you as a surprise, but be assured it is in good faith from a widow in need. I am MRS. ELIZABETH GARANG the wife of late vice president of SUDAN, DR JOHN GARANG who happens to be the former rebel leader of THE SUDAN PEOPLES LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SPLM). My husband died on Saturday 30th of July 2005 on a sabotaged helicopter crash just three weeks after his inauguration on the 9th of July in our capital (KHARTOUM may his gentle soul rest in peace. I got your contact through INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INFORMATION EXCHANGE though I did not disclose the nature of the business to them during the process of searching for a reliable individual/company who can assist my family in transferring the sum of US$22 Million (Twenty Two Million United States Dollars only in a private or company account overseas for safe keeping/investment hence I decide to write you.

Originally the money was mapped out to procure arms and ammunitions for the SPLM military wing and my husband was solely in charge of organizing this purchase. Unfortunately, as the news of the peace agreement reached my husband while he was still in South Africa to make the arms procurement, he used the opportunity to divert this money for our family future use. He was fortunate to be in Spain through South Africa when the news came and he deposited this money in a sealed consignment (CASH) as a family valuable for security reasons in a sealed metal box containing the fund with a private fiduciary company in Spain. After depositing the money he came back and notified me and my son (ANTONY FEDERICO GARANG) about the money ,he also handed over the documents to us before he was inaugurated along with other top SPLM officials, the cabinet of the incumbent president OMAR AL BASHIR has
denied any government involvement in masterminding the death of my beloved husband. As a family we have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum of money for your assistance 5% has been mapped out for both local and international expenses that will be incurred by both of us in the course of this transfer and the remaining 75%will be for my family investment in your country through your advice. You have to understand that continuous existence of my family depends on this fund. That is why I have taken the responsibility of making this initial contact for my family. Therefore on acceptance of this proposal you can contact my son FRED ANTONY GARANG who is currently residing in Spain as a political asylum seeker, his direct email: jeferryantonygarang@outlook.com for more details on this transaction. Our country has successfully voted in a referendum to become a sovereign nation therefore it is now the right
time for us to move this fund. Every plan concerning this transaction has been completed. I am assuring you that this transaction is 100% risk free but requires absolute trust and confidentiality. Furthermore the current crisis in my Country has made it imperative that we must seek for a reliable partner in whose account the fund will be transferred to, hence my initial contact to you on behalf of my family.

Yours faithfully

MRS.ELIZABETH GARANG
For the family.

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