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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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Fraud email example:

From: allenjessy@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:39:24 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20=20ALLEN?=

DEAR,

I AM WRITING TO SEEK YOUR WILLINGNESS AND KINDNESS
TO ASSIST ME IN A LEGITIMATE
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR TRANSFER. I IMPLORE YOU TO
PLEASE GO THROUGH THIS AND
SYMPATHISE WITH ME.
I AM MRS.JESSICA ALLEN, WIFE OF LATE MR PETER
ALLEN,A
SOUTH AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS
MURDERED ON THE 6 DAY OF
OCTOBER,2002,BY SOME UNKNOWN GUNMEN.I AM SURVIVED
WITH TWO CHILDREN(DAUGHTERS)TO
THE GLORY OF GOD FOR HIM,DUE TO OUR AFRICA LOW
BELIEVE ALL HIS FABULOUS
WEALTHS AND PROPERTIES WHERE INHERITED BY HIS CLOSE
RELATIVES,SIMPLY BECAUSE
I DID NOT BEAR A MALE CHILD FOR THEIR LATE
BROTHER,NOW LEAVING ME AND MY
TWO DAUGHTERS IN A REAL DIFFICULT SITUATION. AS GOD
WILL WANT THINGS EARLY
THIS YEAR 2005,ONE OF HIS FAITHFUL LAWYERS SECRETLY
CAME TO ME WITH SOME
DOCUMENTS COVERING MY LATE HUSBAND AS THE
BENEFICIARY OF SOME FUNDS AMOUNTING
TO THE TUNE OF US$35.350,000.000,(THIRTY-FIVE
MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY UNITED STATE DOLLARS)WHICH HE KEPT IN A SECURITY
COMPANY HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

HE(THE LAWYER) PROMISED TO HELP ME MAKE
CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP TO A
FORIEGN ACCOUNT AND TO TENDER ALL VALID/LEGAL
DOCUMENTS TO THE NEW BENEFICIARY
TO ENABLE HIM/HER MAKE CLAIMS OF THE FUNDS. PLEASE
IF YOU ARE THE GOD SENT
TO HELP ME AND MY DAUGHTERS FROM THIS HARDSHIP,I
WILL WANT YOU TO INDICATE
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP,SO THAT I REFER/ENTRUST YOU
TO THE LAWYER STRAIGHT.
I HAVE SET ASIDE 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR
ASSISTANCE AND KINDNESS,WHILE
YOU WILL ADVICE ME ON A PROFITABLE BUSINESS IN YOUR
COUNTRY FOR MY DAUGHTERS
AS THEY ARE THE ONLY HOPE I HAVE IN LIFE.IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED AND WILLING
TO HELP, PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL DATA"S
AND IMFORMATIONS VIZ:
YOUR PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER
FAX NUMBER
OCCUPATION
COMPANY NAME
COUNTRY.
PLEASE HELP A WIDOW FOR THE MERCIFUL GOD WILL KEEP
REWARDING YOU.I WILL

BE PLEASED IF MY REQUEST IS NOT

IGNORED.


BEST REGARD,
MRS.JESSICA ALLEN

NB:PLEASE LET ALL OTHER FUTHER CORRESPONDENCE WITH ME BE VIA THIS EMAILBOX,
allenjessy@web-mail.com.ar





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