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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: Adam Ramzy <adamramzy004@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 16:26:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY,


DearFriend, I'm sorrybut happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferredunder the cooperation of a new partner from Londonthough i tried my best to involve you in the business but God decided the wholesituations. Presently I’m in Londonfor investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn'tforget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those fundsdespite that it failed us some how. Now contactmy secretary in  Burkina Faso his name isMr. Yasuf Ahmed on his e-mail address below ( yasufahmed1976@gmail.com ) Ask him to send you the total of $1,000.000.00 which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts andattempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated all your efforts at thattime very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr. YasufAhmed. And instruct him where to send the amount to you. Please do let me knowimmediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. In themoment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which I and thenew partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwardedinstruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel freeto get in touch with Mr. Yasuf Ahmed.She willsend the amount to you without any delay. Regards,Adam Ramzy.

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