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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: "Mr. Ajao Galadimah" <agaladimah@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ajaogaladimah@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:07:12 +0000
Subject: Private & Urgent

FROM MR. AJAO GALADIMAH
NO. 14 OUEST FOIRE
DAKAR SENEGAL.
9TH JULY, 2005
Email:ajaogaladimah@yahoo.ca

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

LET ME TAKE A BRIEF TIME OUT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO
YOU, I AM MR. AJAO GALADIMAH AND 19 YEARS OLD. I AM
THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE COL. YARADUA GALADIMAH WHO WAS
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 INCLUDES ECOMOG, BRITSH ARMY AND
U.N TROOPS.

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

THIS MONEY WAS DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN A BANK
HERE IN DAKAR SENEGAL AND I WAS MADE THE BENEFICIARY
AND NEXT OF KIN AS THE ONLY CHILD 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 FOR THE
IVESTMENT.

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 WILL
NEVER BETRAY ME AT LAST .

MY MOTHER AND I HAVE PROPOSED (20%) PERCENT OF THE
TOTAL SUM FOR YOU AS COMMISSION FOR YOU TO GIVE US ALL
NECESSARY ASSISTANCE IN RECEIVING THE TRANSFER, INVEST
THE MONEY AND PROTECTIONS WE MAY NEED 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.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

BEST REGARDS.
MR. AJAO GALADIMAH
(Alternative email:ajaomah@netscape.net)




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