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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: "VICTOR. SELORMEY JUNIOR." <victorselorjunior@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:55:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?


YOUR SINCERE ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED PLEASEYOUR HONOUR.

Thanks for giving this message a previlege, I know you may wonder considering the fact that we have no formal aquaintance. Please,be honest to me regards your interest in assisting out of this.

Victor Dela Selormey junior is my name,27 years of age ,the son of the late former deputy finance minister of Ghana. My father was jailed after he has been probed and found guilty of embezzlement of state funds and most especially diverting a fund donated by the Japanese government for the Keta sea defence project.

All effort made by our family and my mother to get him out of jail proved to no avail and my father died due to his deterioting cardiac health problem. On account of this, my mother and I have thought it is wise for me to go to abroad with the documents of the remaining properties that my late father left for me, especially a $12.5 Million USD dollars that my father deposited in a bank here in Ghana.

So I decided to call on you to assist in transfering this fund and investing it in a lucrative business venture in your country under your supervision and care so that after the fund has been properly secured I will then come down to meet you and send my mother some funds for the sake of my siblings/two young sisters to be taken care of. Presently, my family condition is too critical.

Note that all relevant documents in respect of this properties are in my name. Your willingness to assist in this bank to bank transfer, I will forward all documents and details to you so we can discuss better on important partnership terms before we proceed. I am prepared to alocate 25% for your assistance,5% for expenses. God richly bless you and your family.

Best regards

Victor D. Selormey
Please read piece of news about my late fathers plight.
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=79505





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