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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: Mimi Johnson <johnsonmimii@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: johnsonmimii@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 23:06:36 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Please reply back!




Dearest,

Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of a Certified Post-mail, please permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. Introducing myself, I am Ms Grace Naguna 22 years of age the only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy Naguna, my father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast) before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips.

Before the death of my father on 2010 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$7.455M (Seven Million Four Hundred And Fifthy Five Thousand U.S) which he deposited in a Bank here in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

My late father explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where this huge sum will be transferred to for investment purpose such as real estate management.

I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:

1)To assist me in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly be transferred into.
2)To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still 22 yrs without any experince in nature of this project.
3)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to help me secure a residential permit in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incur. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.

God bless you.

Yours sincerely,
Grace Naguna.

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