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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: Golden Atta <golden_attaa@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05:50:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please Help


From: Joy/Golden Atta
Abidjan - Ivory Coast.

Hello,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I Mrs Joy Atta and my Son Golden Atta intend to establish in your country. Though we have not met with you before but we believe one has to risk confiding to others inorder to succeed sometimes in life.

There is this amount of Ten million five hundred U.S dollars ($10,500,000) which my late Husband kept in a Security Company as Family Treasure/Valuables for safe keeping before he was assasinated by unknown persons.Now I and my son decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.

We want you to help us claim and retrieve these fund from the Security Company and transfer into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on areas were tax will not take much tools such as:

1). Estate
2). Transportation
3). Five star hotel

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 10% of the total sum and also you should feel free and contact us. We await your soonest response, more informations awaiting till we hear from you.

Respectfully yours,
Mrs. Joy / Golden Atta






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