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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: "Mr. Nicholas Ryma" <nicholasryma1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nicholasryma2@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:35:33 -0700
Subject: Reply

Attn Friend,

My name is Mr. Nicholas Ryma from Accra Ghana west Africa, I am writing you about investing in your country, first and foremost with the believe that I can trust you and also for your assistance in transferring funds which my late father was able to saved in a security Vault here in West Africa, Accra Ghana for my investment to be precise. This funds total is $5,700.000.00 (Five Million seven hundred U.S.D).

Sir, all I want is that, you should accept to be the new beneficiary of these funds as instructed by my late father and I will be able to apply for a change of beneficiary to your name. This will enable me present you to the security/finance company for claim and onward release of the funds to you accordingly. Sir, as instructed by my late father, you will be entitled to 30% of the total money after the transfer done, while 5% will be for your expenses and the rest 65% for my investment in your country.

I want to assure you that there is no problem with this transaction as far as we can keep it to ourselves. My late father told me to look for a foreign business partner who I can trust and believe to help me transfer this funds out of Ghana, that I should not claim the funds in my name or family name for security reasons. But I am not to disclose the details of the funds right now till I am rest assured you are willing and able to assist me and also you can be trusted.

Thanks
Mr.Nicholas Ryma.

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