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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: "Global Afric" <globalafric@msn.com>
Reply-To: michel_martin002@latinmail.com
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:39:22 +0000
Subject: ACCEPT ME

Dear Friend,

I sincerely hope that after you read this mail you will respond to my
call,Let me start by introducing myself,Iam MR. MICHEL MARTIN and am 65
years old ,a british living in Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso,a
country in WEST AFRICA). I am a businessman and owns two companies here in
Ouagadougou the
capital of Burkina-Faso, WEST AFRICA, married with two children.My wife and
my two children died in a car accident six years ago, But before this
incident i am only concerned on how to make money
caring about other values in life, But since the loss of my family, I have
found a new desire in GOD to assist helpless families.Now i have been
helping orphans in motherless homes, I have donated some money to orphans
in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroun, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some
asian countries before i became ill, and there is some
money$10.5million(ten million,five hundred united states dollars) to be
precisely which was deposited by me in a
security company in Madrid-Spain before the death of my family in a fatal
motor accident that claimed their lives. Presently, I am in a hospital and
my Doctor have told me that i have prostate cancer and i have a few months
to live.It was my wish to see this money
distributed to charity organizations because so much of my wealth has been
plundered by relatives
and friends since this my illness.Hence i cannot live with the agony of
entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them since the money in the
security company is the last fund that i have left.

Right now i am partialy stranded in the hospital due to the nature of my
sickness, So i am appealing to you to help me collect the deposit from the
security company in SPAIN and distribute it amongst
charity organizations. I would want you to use your discretion to
distribute the money and keep 10% of it for yourself. Feel free to
reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you might have
incurred during the process of collecting and distributing the money to
charity organizations. May the good Lord bless you and your family. Please
reply to me true this my private e-mail:[ michel_martin002@latinmail.com ]
as i can only communicate through my laptop which is by my bed side. As
soon as i get your response i shall then give you the necessary
informations you need to collect this money from the security company in
Spain,that is their name and telephone numbers,But if you can not be able
to travel to Spain you can write to the security
company that you can not come down so can tell you another means of
transfering the fund into
your bank account,But i want you to be there and withness everthing by
yourself Looking forward for your urgent reply as

Best Regards,

MR.Michel MartinDear Friend,

I sincerely hope that after you read this mail you will respond to my
call,Let me start by introducing myself,Iam MR. MICHEL MARTIN and am 65
years old ,a british living in Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso,a
country in WEST AFRICA). I am a businessman and owns two companies here in
Ouagadougou the
capital of Burkina-Faso, WEST AFRICA, married with two children.My wife and
my two children died in a car accident six years ago, But before this
incident i am only concerned on how to make money
caring about other values in life, But since the loss of my family, I have
found a new desire in GOD to assist helpless families.Now i have been
helping orphans in motherless homes, I have donated some money to orphans
in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroun, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some
asian countries before i became ill, and there is some
money$10.5million(ten million,five hundred united states dollars) to be
precisely which was deposited by me in a
security company in Madrid-Spain before the death of my family in a fatal
motor accident that claimed their lives. Presently, I am in a hospital and
my Doctor have told me that i have prostate cancer and i have a few months
to live.It was my wish to see this money
distributed to charity organizations because so much of my wealth has been
plundered by relatives
and friends since this my illness.Hence i cannot live with the agony of
entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them since the money in the
security company is the last fund that i have left.

Right now i am partialy stranded in the hospital due to the nature of my
sickness, So i am appealing to you to help me collect the deposit from the
security company in SPAIN and distribute it amongst
charity organizations. I would want you to use your discretion to
distribute the money and keep 10% of it for yourself. Feel free to
reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you might have
incurred during the process of collecting and distributing the money to
charity organizations. May the good Lord bless you and your family. Please
reply to me true this my private e-mail:[ michel_martin002@latinmail.com ]
as i can only communicate through my laptop which is by my bed side. As
soon as i get your response i shall then give you the necessary
informations you need to collect this money from the security company in
Spain,that is their name and telephone numbers,But if you can not be able
to travel to Spain you can write to the security
company that you can not come down so can tell you another means of
transfering the fund into
your bank account,But i want you to be there and withness everthing by
yourself Looking forward for your urgent reply as

Best Regards,

MR.Michel MartinDear Friend,

I sincerely hope that after you read this mail you will respond to my
call,Let me start by introducing myself,Iam MR. MICHEL MARTIN and am 65
years old ,a british living in Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso,a
country in WEST AFRICA). I am a businessman and owns two companies here in
Ouagadougou the
capital of Burkina-Faso, WEST AFRICA, married with two children.My wife and
my two children died in a car accident six years ago, But before this
incident i am only concerned on how to make money
caring about other values in life, But since the loss of my family, I have
found a new desire in GOD to assist helpless families.Now i have been
helping orphans in motherless homes, I have donated some money to orphans
in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroun, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some
asian countries before i became ill, and there is some
money$10.5million(ten million,five hundred united states dollars) to be
precisely which was deposited by me in a
security company in Madrid-Spain before the death of my family in a fatal
motor accident that claimed their lives. Presently, I am in a hospital and
my Doctor have told me that i have prostate cancer and i have a few months
to live.It was my wish to see this money
distributed to charity organizations because so much of my wealth has been
plundered by relatives
and friends since this my illness.Hence i cannot live with the agony of
entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them since the money in the
security company is the last fund that i have left.

Right now i am partialy stranded in the hospital due to the nature of my
sickness, So i am appealing to you to help me collect the deposit from the
security company in SPAIN and distribute it amongst
charity organizations. I would want you to use your discretion to
distribute the money and keep 10% of it for yourself. Feel free to
reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you might have
incurred during the process of collecting and distributing the money to
charity organizations. May the good Lord bless you and your family. Please
reply to me true this my private e-mail:[ michel_martin002@latinmail.com ]
as i can only communicate through my laptop which is by my bed side. As
soon as i get your response i shall then give you the necessary
informations you need to collect this money from the security company in
Spain,that is their name and telephone numbers,But if you can not be able
to travel to Spain you can write to the security
company that you can not come down so can tell you another means of
transfering the fund into
your bank account,But i want you to be there and withness everthing by
yourself Looking forward for your urgent reply as

Best Regards,

MR.Michel MartinDear Friend,

I sincerely hope that after you read this mail you will respond to my
call,Let me start by introducing myself,Iam MR. MICHEL MARTIN and am 65
years old ,a british living in Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso,a
country in WEST AFRICA). I am a businessman and owns two companies here in
Ouagadougou the
capital of Burkina-Faso, WEST AFRICA, married with two children.My wife and
my two children died in a car accident six years ago, But before this
incident i am only concerned on how to make money
caring about other values in life, But since the loss of my family, I have
found a new desire in GOD to assist helpless families.Now i have been
helping orphans in motherless homes, I have donated some money to orphans
in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroun, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some
asian countries before i became ill, and there is some
money$10.5million(ten million,five hundred united states dollars) to be
precisely which was deposited by me in a
security company in Madrid-Spain before the death of my family in a fatal
motor accident that claimed their lives. Presently, I am in a hospital and
my Doctor have told me that i have prostate cancer and i have a few months
to live.It was my wish to see this money
distributed to charity organizations because so much of my wealth has been
plundered by relatives
and friends since this my illness.Hence i cannot live with the agony of
entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them since the money in the
security company is the last fund that i have left.

Right now i am partialy stranded in the hospital due to the nature of my
sickness, So i am appealing to you to help me collect the deposit from the
security company in SPAIN and distribute it amongst
charity organizations. I would want you to use your discretion to
distribute the money and keep 10% of it for yourself. Feel free to
reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you might have
incurred during the process of collecting and distributing the money to
charity organizations. May the good Lord bless you and your family. Please
reply to me true this my private e-mail:[ michel_martin002@latinmail.com ]
as i can only communicate through my laptop which is by my bed side. As
soon as i get your response i shall then give you the necessary
informations you need to collect this money from the security company in
Spain,that is their name and telephone numbers,But if you can not be able
to travel to Spain you can write to the security
company that you can not come down so can tell you another means of
transfering the fund into
your bank account,But i want you to be there and withness everthing by
yourself Looking forward for your urgent reply as

Best Regards,

MR.Michel Martin


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