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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: jalloh pujeh <jalloh.pujeh94@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jallohpujeh@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 15:43:47 +0000
Subject: Give It A Consideration



Good Day,
Diving to your perceived confidentiality as an individual, I request for your sincere assistance. I am Jalloh Pujeh, the first son of the former Sierra-Leone minister of mineral resources. While my father who is presently in detention was the minister, he did some sales of Gold dust and rough Diamond worth of US$18.3M without the notice of Sierra-Leone Government. This amount is presently in a Security Company in Accra – Ghana , so we seek your partnership to move this fund down to your country to avoid confiscation. We were recently alerted by our family friend who is still serving under this regime that the Government of our country has constituted a panel that will recover and probe all the former officers involved in any act of misappropriation of funds. As a result, we have been advised to relocate out of the country, so I and my mother including my younger siblings are presently taking refuge some where in hide in Ghana
Based on the information from our family friend we have decided to divert the fund to a new destination through your professional arrangement since our father is presently under serious security check, and our major aim for coming to Ghana as a place to hide was to enable us supervise the swift clearance of the funds. I will let you know the next step immediately I hear from you, All above please treat as confidential, and send me your phone number for easy communication. Yours Sincerely ,
Jalloh Pujeh.
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