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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "jonathan russel" <jonathrussel@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:17:00 +0000
Subject: YOU HAVE A MESSAGE

Good day,
Perhaps, this may be reaching you unexpectedly, I thought it personally
before concluding to reach you at this moment. I am making this contact
hoping that you will be willing, capable and honestly from your heart handle
this proposal. I am sorry if this my letter may upset you in any way. My
name is Mrs Danielah Suzan Nuhan Santos, the wife of late Deputy
Minister of Works in Liberia .

My Husband supposed to be one of the present Presidential candidates that
participated in the last election in Liberia that also featured George Weah
former world footballer of the year in 1995 amongst others. But
unfortunately, my loving and caring Husband was assasinated by the former
president of Liberia Dr CHARLES TAYLOR who is presently now in assylum in
far away in Nigeria . My Husband was murdered on a false accusation for
trying to overthrown Charles Taylor. As if that was not enough, all our
assets was confiscated by the brutal Government. My dear, that was how i
lost everything my Husband and i laboured for years. And now, am left in
the middle of the sea with my children.

But i have only one consolation .My husband, Isaac Nuhan Vaye Santos
raised a substantial amount of money from diamond sales over a period of six
years and these fund were carefully moved out and deposited with one of the
Security Firm in Europe as a coded box for safe keeping before his
assasination by brutal Charles Taylor. It was deposited as a coded box for
Security reason. My Husband deposited the coded box on a mutual agreement
with the security Firm that the said Fund will be released in favour of a
foreingner.Even me as the wife now, i can't claim the Fund dirrectly because
of the agreement between my Husband and the Security Firm when the Fund was
deposited.And that is why am asking for your assistance.

The amount realised from the Diamond sales over this period of six years is
USD17.6M (seventeen million six hundred thousand dollars)
The fund have nothing to do with any form of illegality and all
documentations needed to prove the source of the funds were submitted when
the funds were being deposited and these documents would prove the source of
the funds and authenticate the fact that the funds are clean and has no
links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism.

For your assistance in this transaction,your role is to assist me in
retrieving the fund on my behalf and that of my children from the
Security Firm. All the informations needed to claim this funds would be sent
to you as soon as you indicate your interest in assisting me and my
children.

As I am speaking to you now, I am in Benin Republic my Mom's maternal home .
I ran away to my Mom’s maternal home here in Benin Republic immediately
after my Husband’s burial because I could be the next target. He deposited
the box secretly on my name and that of my three children at the Security
company and left an instruction that should anything happens to him in
future we should relocate to any Country of my choice with the money to
start a new life.
Please, If I could TRUST you in this regard, send me your informations,as
you know, millions of dollars are involved in this venture, and i have to
know you well and you also know me well.So my dear, i need to know your
occupation or profession, your full name,your full address your telephone
and mobile number,also your fax number.All these will make way for TRUST and
easy communication.And finalily your age and marrital status.
I must also honestly let you know that little expences will be incured to
get this fund released,but be assured that when you finally claim this fund
on my behalf, during our sharing, 5% will be set asside for the expences
incured during the proceedings of this Transaction, and 25% of the total
balance will be Yours, while the rest will be for me and my children.

Finally, you can verify the authenticity of this letter in one of the world
's top Newspapers below:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm

God Bless You,
Mrs Danielah Suzan Santos
E-mail to this: danie_san2005@yahoo.co.uk

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