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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: tuckham dakuro <dakuro_kham59@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dakuro_tuckhamd@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:03:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL


URGENT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
FROM:DR TUCKHAM DAKURO.
MINISTER OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES.
SIERRA-LEONE.
WEST-AFRICA.
DEAR,

My name is Minister Dr. Tuckham Dakoru, I write to inform you about my desire to acquire estate and landed property in your country, considering your strategic and influential position, I know you stands to help me.

I am the Minister, Ministry of Petroleum Resources SIERRA-LEONE in the Presidency.I have the sum of US$9.5Million cash which I secured from the sales and distribution of crude oil and petroleum products worldwide.

I decide to solicit your assistance to secure the fund for our personal use, it is already in the vaults of a Financial Firm abroad, the fund was scheduled to be transferred via diplomatic means to NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE, NBG) before I advised the diplomats to withheld the fund on transit, please, I want to use a God fearing foreigner (like you) for the transaction.

Hence we can no longer use my name, I hereby solicit that you kindly furnish to me your information (name and address, phones and fax numbers) and assistance to secure the fund in your country. I have to compensate you with 25% of the total fund (us$9.5million) for providing necessary assistance to secure the fund in your country, while the balance I will used for investments (car sales, real estate,manufacturing,agriculture, etc)
as you will advice, this transaction is 100% risk free as all relevant details of the fund will be furnished to you on receipt of your reply. Do not hesitate to contact me as the transaction needs urgent attention and must be confidential .

Thanks and God bless,

Minister Dr. Tuckham Dakoru,

Address: 1st & 2nd floor, main building federal
secretariat Shetu Shagra way, Sierra-Leone

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