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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: BradyNet <bradynet@bradynet.com>
Reply-To: willy.knd@mighty.co.za
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 11:30:11 -0400
Subject: To Love One

Greetings from your friend (willy.knd@mighty.co.za) and
BradyNet (http://www.bradynet.com/)

Your friend forwarded the following article from our web site. Reponses
to this letter will be directed to that address.

You can see this article online at http://www.bradynet.com/group.html

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COMMENTS:


DEAR;
LOVE ONE.


PLEASE PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS WILTORD DOE THE SON TO THE ONE
TIME EX PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA BY NAME JERMAINE DOE WHO WAS
BRUTALLY MURDERED BY THE REBELS DURING THIS RECENT WAR THERE IN MY
COUNTRY.reply to willy.knd@gmail.com


MY MAIN AIM OF CONTACTING YOU THIS DAY IS TO INFORM YOU OF THE FUNDS
DEPOSITED BY MY FATHER IN A BANK HERE IN GHANA THAT WORTH ABOUT $12.5M USD
(TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)


WHICH I NEED TO TRANSFER ABROAD FOR INVESTMENT.
PLEASE BEFORE MY FATHER DIED HE PLACED A WORD UNDER THE FUNDS THAT UNTIL
AM 30YRS OLD BEFORE THE FUNDS CAN BE RELEASED TO ME OR UNTIL I CAN FIND A
FOREIGN BENEFICIARY THAT CAN HELP ME INVEST THIS FUNDS OUTSIDE AFRICA OR I
GET MARRIED


THEN THEY SHOULD RELEASE THE FUNDS, THERE RIGHT NOW I AM JUST 21YRS , A
SCHOOL DROP OUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT I CAN NO LONGER PAY MY SCHOOL FEES AS
WELL AS MY KID SISTER TOO.
PLEASE I AM CALLING ON YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP US TRANSFER THESE FUNDS TO
YOUR ACCOUNT AS I HAVE AGREED TO GIVE TO YOU 30% FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE,


THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING, HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.


PLEASE HELP US
MAY GOD BLESS YOU, AMEN!!
THANKS.


WILTORD
FOR CHILDREN
Reply me to willy.knd@gmail.com




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