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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: robert brown <robert_wn1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:30:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM MR.ROBERT


FROM MR.ROBERT BROWN
E-MAIL ADDRESS : robert_wn1@yahoo.com.uk


Dear Henk Stek,


From your profile I believe in me that you ought to be a very good and
honest person that is why i am contacting you to please help me and my sister out.I would like to give you a brief description of my life.
I am Mr.Robert Brown from KwaZulu-Natal in south africa, i am the only son of CHIEF DR.KEVIN BROWN a cocoa and gold well known businessman, It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips on 25th.SEP 2005 with our mother MRS.VICTORIA BROWN.
I know that the sudden death of our late parents was been masterminded by one of my uncle because he has taking everything that belongs to my father and wanted to kill me and my sister before the lawyer to my late father called me and asked me to leave the country immediately to abidjan cote d'ivoire where my
late father deposited the sum of (twenty million two hundred thousand united states dollars) us$20,200,000.00 in a bank and also gave me all the
documents to the deposit of the money and also his will
I am contacting you with the mind of GOD that you will help us transfer this money into your account in your country so that me and my only sister will come over to meet you in your country for our future because of the political problems here in this country.
I have here with me all the documents regards to the deposit of this money in the bank and if you wish you can send me your fax numbers so that i will send you
all the documents after you have promised to help us that you will expect 15% of the total money which i will give you for your kind assistance to me and my only
sister and also that you will not sit on the money when it is transferred into your account.please help me and my sister out.
you can write to me immediately you recieve this mail on my private email at : with
your personal e-mail address please note this.

YOURS FAITHFULLY
MR.ROBERT BROWN



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