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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Abdul-aziz Jammeh" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 10:59:17 -0700
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
I need your assistance
I am Abdul-Aziz Jammeh son of former president of Gambia Yahya Jammeh
before the elections which my father lost in december 2016 and we went into exile in Equatorial Guinea, after the election was lost i took some sums and deposited in an investment bank in Ghana.
Now the Director in Charge of this deposit in the Bank have contacted me to present them a foreign investment account where they can release the funds because the board of directors are raising questions about the deposit.
I need this funds to be moved out of Ghana immediately.
I do not have any idea of any investment to put the money here in Africa, that's why am soliciting your honest assistance so that I can present you to the bank as my family friend to receive the money for me and help invest it for me in your country.
This is very confidential.
You can set up a new bank account incase you do not want to use your existing bank account to receive the money.
I will give you further information and my phone number when i hear from you.
Kind Regards
Abdul-Aziz Jammeh
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