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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: "DANIEL JAALI" <danielneedyourhelp@att.net>
Reply-To: <danny4u20011@live.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 23:52:34 -0700
Subject: My Humble Request............

Dear Partner,

Before I proceed I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to you, I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust. I came across your contact on the web during my search for a God fearing person who can help me and my sick mother move our funds out Africa I decided to reach you through this medium of exercise.


My name is Daniel Jaali I am a citizen of Southern Sudan the son of the late Chief Odeffa Jaali who work as an expatriate engineer with the foreign government in Sudan 1999 to export at the Oil Venture to foreign-country but unfortunately he was killed by rebels during political problem in my country Sudan 2005, When the government of Sudan try to investigate the profit of the Oil been export out of Port Sudan, so the opposition leaders disrupt the Oil operational and cause war in Sudan.



Before my Father's death he made my mother to understand that he deposited some huge amount of money in a security company in Ghana West Africa, which he Made from sales of gold and Oil business in Africa Market and he gave my mother all relevant document of the trunk box Which he deposited (marked) as family belonging. I and my mother were able to move out from Sudan through the UNITED NATIONS, that Coven refugee from Sudan to Accra Ghana, West Africa. Because we want to make the claims of the trunk box content $15 Million Dollars Because my late father deposited the One Trunk Box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure so that nobody should know about the content of the box here in
Africa



I am hereby soliciting your assistance to be my foreign partner and adviser because: I do not know much about investment or how to handle this funds,here in Ghana that is why we need your assistance as a foreign partner to help us to move this funds out of Africa for security reason to your country,Please if you are interested to help us please promise us to keep this transaction confidentiality because nobody knows about thee existence of this funds. I and my mother agreed to give you "Twenty Percent" (20%) of the total sum of the funds inside the trunk box, your compensation for the assistance is negotiable.



If you really want to be sure about this and before you agree to assist us to stand as my foreign partner for you to know am real kindly make trip to come to meet me in Ghana in person so that we meet face to face, for us to go to the security company to present you as my late father foreign business partner, because the Company said to us that before the claims of the trunk box I and my mother have to present a foreign business partner who will receive the box out of Africa, due to the agreement been made with my late father when is making the deposit of the trunk box, that we most present his business foreign partner to make sure that the box delivered to him. According to my mother she said my late father make this agreement for security reason so that nobody knows about the content of the box here in Africa. I await for your reply so that i can give you more details.


Thanks and God bless you,
Daniel Jaali

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