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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: "helen dominic" <helendominic01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: private_helendominic@myway.com
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:28:05 +0200
Subject: FROM: MRS HELEN DOMINIC

FROM: MRS HELEN DOMINIC
139 High Street South Dunstable,Bedfordshire, LU6 3SS United Kingdom

{RESPOND TO ME SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED}

I am Mrs Helen Dominic from London U.K,the wife of late Mr Richard
Dominic. My late husband was the Former chairman of all the Kuwait petrolum
oil companies in our country. On 13 june 2000, My husband travelled for a
meeting, on his way to the meeting he had a fatal accident and was taken to
hospital.

Four days before he died on 17 of june 2001, he called me in his sick bed
and told me that he deposited Two metallic boxes in a security save company
As family treasure A Gold and Diamond. But according to my late husband, the
content of the box is $24million us Dollars cash which the security save
house did not that the contents of the two metallic boxes contains money.
Then after my late husband burial ceremony is over,I felt sick and was
rushed to hospital and the doctor narated to me that i had kidney problem.
As you can see i had only son child in my life to live with,then i spend all
the money i have in my late husband burial.
My dear all i had in my mind is to invest this money in your country so that
immediately the money goes into your custody,then we will share the money as
promise,and i will use my own share to save my life and purchase a living
house in your country to enable my son to live there all the days of his
life.
Also he gave me the documents which he used in depositing the box with the
security Save company in london.He adviced me to look for someone that will
help me to transfer the box out of London to any other country for an
investment. He equally told me on how he made that money, he used his
position in the office as the chairman of all the Kuwait petrolume oil
company, and increase the price of petrol that was how he made the money.
Besides, he told me that he don't want the board of directors to know that
he made that money out of increasing the price of petrol, that was why he
kept it in security save company. please kindly help me to transfer the box
of money out of London.
I have mapped out 30% of the money for your good help. I want the money to
be shared as followed.
1] 30% of the money is for your good help.
2] 5% will be for any expenses that will occur in transferring the money out
of London
3] we will give out 5% to the motherless babies home and the orphanage
homes.
4] 60% will be for my family.
I will travell down to your country with my only son to see you when the
money will be transfered to your country for sharing according to the
percentage. Please after sharing the money, you will help me to invest some
part of
the money in your country with the name of my son.Then it is vital that you
will be issued all the necessary vital legal documents backing this
transaction,and the Deposit Certificate of this fund which my late
husband gave me,before he died.
And in the addition i would like to send your my pics here in the
hospital. And also i will send all the detail information on how we will
transfer the money to you with the help of my family lawyer that we help us.
I am waiting to hear from you soon.
Please with do respect of this success of this transaction,as you have seen
my condition here in the hospital.i would like you to know exactly that my
late husband lawyer barrister steve jacobs will be assisting you out in this
transaction till the final conclusion of this business deal,if you will show
your great interest. I will be waiting from your urgent response so you can
proceed with him immediately with any delay.
Kindest Regards.
Mrs.Helen Dominic
This is my real Profile:
Name: Mrs. Helen Dominic
Occupation: A mid wife Nurse
Martial status: only son{Evan Dominic}
Age:64YRS OLD

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