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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: "Mrs. Rebecca Garang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jffgarang2010@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 04:43:27 -0800
Subject: Request for Investment Partnership

 
Mrs. Rebecca Garang
25 Smith Street, Darfur Southern Sudan.
A Widows Desperate Cry for Help.
Dear Friend,
This message may come to you as a surprise, but be assured it is in good faith from a widow in need. I am MRS. REBECCA GARANG the wife of late vice president of SUDAN, DR JOHN GARANG who happens to be the former rebel leader of THE SUDAN PEOPLES LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SPLM). My husband died on Saturday 30th of July 2005 on a sabotaged helicopter crash just three weeks after his inauguration on the 9th of July in our capital (KHARTOUM may his gentle soul rest in peace. I got your contact through SOUTHN AFRICAN BUSINESS NETWORK though I did not disclose the nature of the business to them during the process of searching for a reliable individual/company who can assist my family in transferring the sum ofUS$22 Million (Twenty Two Million United States Dollars only in a private or company account overseas for safe keeping/investment hence I decide to write you.
Originally the money was mapped out to procure arms and ammunitions for the SPLM military wing and my husband was solely in charge of organizing this purchase. Unfortunately, as the news of the peace agreement breached my husband while he was still in South Africa to make the arms procurement, he used the opportunity to divert this money for our family future use. He was fortunate to be in South Africa when the news came and he deposited this money in a sealed consignment (CASH) as a family valuable for security reasons in a sealed metal box containing the fund with a security company in South Africa. After depositing the money he came back and notified the and my son (JEFFERY MABIOR GARANG) about the money ,he also handed over the documents to us before he was inaugurated along with other top SPLM officials, the cabinet of the incumbent president OMAR AL BASHIR has denied any government involvement in masterminding the death of my beloved husband. As a family we have agreed to offe
Yours faithfully
MRS REBECCA GARANG
For the family

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