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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: nana Abdul <davidmrodriguez456@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nanaabdul2020@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 09:21:22 +0000
Subject: Dear Gold Buyers,

Hello

My Name is Mr. Nana Abdul from the Ashanti hene's extended family
Ghana .I know you will be surprised at the way in which I got your
contact and you may think am a Joker or something .I Got your contact
via global search and, the reason why I have contact you is because I
want to confide in you regarding a very confidential issues and to see
if you can be of any useful assistant.

I want to inform you of the Inheritance which is about 150 kilos of
Gold and some karat of diamond lock at a security company. I need your
assistance so I can move the 150kg worth of Gold, Diamond out of my
country to your country. I want you to be my beneficiary so that the
ownership of the Gold, Diamond will be transferred into your name.

we shall invest the funds from the sales of Gold & diamond into any
profitable business in your country, I will also offer you 50% if you
can assist me, if you are interested to assist me. I shall invite you
to my country,to see the 150kg of gold, the diamonds in question. We
shall then proceed to make you the next of kin at the high court
Ghana, the gold & the diamond shall then be shipped to your country
with you.

This is not a scam, I am not here to joke with you that is why I want
to know if you are really serious to assist me with the inheritance.
There is no cheating at any cost, I want us to trust each other that
why we need to meet face to face. I
will give you 50% of the total cost of the sales of the Gold &
Diamond,if you are willing to come down to assist me with the claim
and export of the Gold & Diamond to your country for resale and
investing. This transaction is 100% risk free, as i am willing and
ready to secure you a visa on arrival, so that you can bode a flight
to Ghana for conclusion and signing of all the legal papers.
I shall wait to hear from you, my prevent email is: nanaabdul2020@outlook.com
Best Regards,
Nana Abdul

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