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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Jerry_Wilson?= <jrrwilson64@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 14:28:53 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Good_Dey?=

From: Mr.Jerry Wilson . CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER, GLOBAL Trust Financial Security Company. First Light Kaneshie Accra Ghana Attn , sir Its more safe will communicating through email due to security reason and i am use a secure gmail server . As we communicate bear in mind that you are dealing with are possible man . If you read my terms below and you are not convinced then feel free to back out of this transaction. I am freely giving you full details of this transaction bearing in mind that you will not betray me OK, Let me start by introducing myself again. I am Mr Jerry Wilson i work with the Global Trust Security as a Chief Operation Officer here in Ghana. I got your contact through my personal search. Now listen, On November 2013, One Mr Yegor Ostrovsky from Ukraine National, a gold dealer. who runs gold business in my country Ghana to Asia, to whom i was accounting officer made a numbered time Deposit 1 Trunk Box, valued 350 kilo ( Three hundred and fifty kilo of Gold bar) for twelve calendar months in our company . Upon maturity several notices was sent to him, with no response. Recently another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later found out that Mr Yegor Ostrovsky along with his wife and only daughter along side their in-law and grand kids had been killed in Tohoku earthquake in Japan. After further investigation it was also discovered that Mr.Yegor Ostrovsky did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his deposit because he was in hurry that day for a business trip in Ukraine . And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in Our Security Company. The Trunk box 350 kilo of bar is still in our Company and the demur rage is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year and no one will come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to the Ghanaian law, at the expiration of 4 years the consignment will revert to the ownership of the Ghanaian Government or security company if nobody applies for claim. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr. Yegor Ostrovsky so that you will be able to receive his Consignment. I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as the Chief Security of OPERATIONS' Officer to secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. There is no risk involved at all in this, as we are going to adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue, Once the consignment boxes have been delivered to the nominated country Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. I will be expecting your reply Best regards, Jerry Wilson

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