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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: jane marke <markejane3@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: markejane2000@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:34:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From Jane.


Dear VICTIMNAME,

Good afternoon and thank you for your kind mail hope
you are fine.Yes you can 100% trust me likewise as i
do to you and more over we do not need to pay any
lawyer than the shipment fees which the company will
use to ship the consignment to your country.

Thank you for your mail and also your eager to help
me.Moreover before i contacted you i was very sure
that you were the divine person to help me.

In brief I am from the Origin of Rwanda but presently
here in abidjan cote D'Ivoire where my late Dad
deposited the fund with a security company.He
Deposited the consignment as family valuables to avoid
disclosing the real content to the security company.

This is a secrete btw me and you because the security
company doesn't know that the content of the
consignment is money for security reasons and moreover
late dad was a Card Member the security company which
was the reason why he was able to make the deposit.

After the death of my parents I escaped death thrice
which urged me to abandone my education and flee for
my dear life because of fear of falling into the hands
of the evil ones that killed my parents because as it
is I do not even know if it is my fathers business
partners or his relations who so much hated me as an
only daughter being that africans do not value only
daughters because of heritages.

Regards to all these I have to flee from Rwanda to
abidjan through the help of the international care and
this is why I presently reside in a refugee camp
presently where my life is atleast secured though it
have not been easy for me since then.Trsuting you is a
risk but i have no choice bacause of my situation and
moreover Dad told me not to trust any african as they
betrayed him that a complete stranger will be better
cause we don't know each other and it will be hard fro
thim to just cheat me easily.

I am very handicapped here and this is why I need
your help to stand on my behalf as my appointed
beneficiary who will work hand in hand with the
security company to the success of the shipment as my
refugee statue will not allow me to handle this
transaction and moreover i do not have any idea on how
to handle this.

The only assurance i need from you is your positive
response towards standing as my appointed beneficiary
who will retrieve the consignment on my behalf and
recieve it in your country for investments.Moreove the
security company has their offshore office in Spain
where the consignments can be retrieved aswell.

I have also mapped out 2% of the total sum for all the
expenses that will be incured in the course of the
shipment including the 10% which i have finally
decided to give you as your percentage for assisting
me.

I plead that you go through this mail carefully and
get back to me and once your positive response is
received I will send to you the contact of the
security company for you to proceed arrangements with
them on how the consignment will be retrieved as they
have their procedures which will be made known to us
once you have contacted them as my appointed
benenficiary.

Thank you once again and i am happy you replied me and
is you truely help me come out of here i will never
let you down.Thank you and God bless you till I hear
from you. attached to this message is one of my
picture and i will love to see yours to know whom i am
dealing with.

I will be expecting you reply so that i can send to
you the contact of the security company and the
Deposit Certificate for your view.

Yours Sincerely
Jane.


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