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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: "Twesigye Prospero" <twenspromail@web2mail.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:43:34 +0700
Subject: Anticipating To Hear From You Soon

Good Day,

This may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial,as a matter of
urgency, i am desperately looking for a foreign partner whom i can trust to
handle some investment or fund movement.I got your address from the Internet
through the consultancy directory during my search for a reliable and honest
person to transact this business with.Hence i took the initiative of writing
you.Please accept my apology for intruding into your privacy or for any
inconveniences that my letter might caused.

Permit me to introduce myself,my name is Twesigye Prospero the son of late
Mr.Twesigye Gilbert who was a very wealthy Cocoa merchant in
Lugazi-Uganda,He was murdered by the Rebels Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) of
Uganda on the 25Th July 2002 in his outing on of a Business trip in a town
of Kitgum in Uganda.On this day,Forty-eight people were hacked to death near
the town of Kitgum in the far north of Uganda.And Some elderly people were
killed with machetes and spears and babies were flung against trees.Ugandans
were shocked by the brutality of the latest attack by the rebel Lord's
Resistance Army.

The LRA rebels say they are fighting for the establishment of a government
based on the biblical Ten Commandments.They are notorious for kidnapping
children and forcing them to become rebel fighters or concubines.The rebels
continue to attack camps for displaced people,burn homes,loot assets,abduct
children,rape and kill,in a brutal campaign of violence.and my mother died
when i was a baby.My father took so special.

But before the death of my father,he anticipated some dangers and so he
deposited the sum of US$4.7m (four million seven hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) in my name at a reputable finance security company in
Europe with the intention of using it to open fertilizer manufacturing
company among other companies in our neighboring country (Swaziland)after my
education.
It was like my father knew he was going to die because he anticipated some
dangers before his died and so he deposited the sum of US$4.7m (four
million,seven hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in my name at a
reputable Finance Security Company.With the intention of using it to open
fertilizer manufacturing company among other companies in our neighboring
country (Swaziland)after my education.May his gentle soul rest in perfect
peace.

Now i am soliciting your assistance to help me conclude this transaction
in getting the funds out from the security company.and to provide an account
facility where we can transfer the money into,so that I can invest it in any
lucrative business in your country because this my last hope in life.

In view of this plight therefore,I expect you to be trust Worthy and kind
enough to respond to this call to save me from a hopeless future. I hereby
agree to compensate your sincere and candid effort in this regard With 20%
of the total sum when finally received in your local bank account.

Get back to me through email address: twenspro@web2mail.com

Anticipating to hear from you soon .

Thanks and God bless!

Best regards,
Twesigye Prospero.


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