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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: "Udo Sankho" <udosankho@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: udosankho@excite.com
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:09:02 +0100
Subject: Private and Urgent.

FROM UDO SANKHO
DAKAR SENEGAL.
EMAIL:udosankho@excite.com

DEAR
I GOT YOUR ADDRESS WHILE SURFING ON THE NET,I DECIDED TO FORWARD THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU,HOPE IT WILL BENEFIT ALL CONCERN.

LET ME TAKE A BRIEF TIME OUT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU, I AM UDO SANKHO THE ONLY SON OF COL. IBE SANKHO ONE OF THE SENIOR OFFICIALS OF REVOLUTIONARY UNITED FRONT OF SIERRA LEONE (R.U.F) WHO DIED ON 18/06/2000 WITH SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES DURING A CROSS FIRE BATTLE BETWEEN THE (R.U.F) AND THE PEACE
KEEPING FORCES IN SIERRA LEONE WHICH INCLUDESECOMOG,BRITSH ARMY AND U.N TROOPS.

IN BRIEF, I HAVE THE SUM OF SIXTEEN MILLION US DOLLARS WHICH I WANT TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY.

THESE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN A BANK HERE IN DAKAR SENEGAL WHICH I WAS MADE THE BENEFICIARY AND NEXT OF KIN AS THE ONLY
SON OF MY PARENTS. BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT SITUATION IN MY COUNTRY SIERRA LEONE, MY AGED MOTHER ADVICED ME TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY FOR SECURITY REASONS, AND ALSO TO LOOK FOR A TRUST WORTHY AND A RELIABLE
PERSON WHO CAN ASSIST ME TO TRANSFER THE MONEY OUT OF DAKAR SENEGAL.

SIR, I HIGHLY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE BOTH IN TRANSFERRING THE MONEY TO YOUR COUNTRY AND ALSO INVESTING IT AS I CONFIDE IN YOU HOPING THAT YOU WILLNEVER BETRAY ME AT LAST .

I AND MY MOTHER HAS PROPOSED (15%) PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SUM OF THE MONEY FOR YOU SO AS FOR YOU TO GIVE US ALL NECESSARY ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTIONS WE MAYNEED IN YOUR COUNTRY.

PLEASE TREAT HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON THIS MONEY,ALL THE VITAL DOCUMENTS COVERING THE DEPOSIT IN THE BANK ARE WITH ME HERE IN DAKAR SENEGAL AND WILL BE FAX TO YOU ON DEMAND.

LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

BEST REGARDS.
UDO SANKHO
THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.


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