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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: "Green Cole" <green_0002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: williams_01@sifymail.com
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:35:29 +0000
Subject: Securing Resources

Dear Mr Chi,

Re: INV/DIA/RUS-AFR/05

I have been charged with the responsibility of getting a trustworthy
business person to receive
an important item for my client. I got your contact from the internet
and
decided to contact you to request your honest cooperation in securing
resource(DIAMONDS) in your care.

The quantity of the (diamond) weighing 3.71kg which have been saved
and
deposited in a high
assets management and security company. The value of the diamond worth
over
twenty million united states dollars.

Note that this transaction demands the highest trust, security and
confidentiality between us.
Moreover it is risk free in the sense that proper care of all
formalities
regarding this
transaction is been taken.

For your assistance and co-operation you will be entittiled to 15% of
the
total money generated
from it's sales and 5% maped out for any miscellaneous expenses that
may
occure in the process of transferring the ressource to your country.

On successfully transferring of the item in your position and selling
of the
item, we intend to use our own share in acquiring estates and landed
properties in your country. The transaction has been scheduled to be
completed in 14 working days. On request, a certificate of deposit of
the
item issued by the security company will be sent to you for your
perusal.

For the best interest of this transaction, treat this matter
confidentially.


Thanks, yours sincerely,

Williams Yusuf,
Lome Togo


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