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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: "Paul Abavana" <account.web@att.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:50:09 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: Re: Treat as Urgent...




Dear Sir/Madam,

Compliments of the season,

First and foremost, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this
transaction and I pray that my decision to contact you will be given
genuine
approval considering the facts we have not known each other before, it is
indeed my pleasure to write to you this letter, which I believe will be a
surprise, as we are both complete strangers.

I wish to use this opportunity to introduce my self to you. I am Paul
Abavana, from Liberia, West Africa.. I am the first son of late Honorable
Dr. Moses Abavana; he was a diamond/gold merchant in our country. my late
father had a bullet shot by the rebels on his way traveling out of my
country with two of my kid sister's due to present crisis that is
occurring in my country Liberia)my sister's died on the spot while United
Nation peace keeping force
secured my late father, he was taken to hospital for medical treatment
which he later died..

I find your area so good to invest in and I want you to help me to
transfer 6.5million USD dollars deposited in a bank here in Ghana and
presently I am in refuge camp here in Ghana and I want to present you to
the bank as my late father foreign partner so that this funds can be
release to us and I also have all the real legal document that covers this
transaction which I will sent to
you on your request and for prove.

I want you to go through this message and get back to me with the
information below as soon as possible for full details and you have a
greater role to play as to these funds and please if you are not really
interested in my proposal kindly delete my massage immediately.

Kindly send to me this following information as:

Your full name

Your direct private telephone number and fax.

Your current resident home address

Thanks you and God bless you.
Best regards
Paul Abavana


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