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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: "ROSE MARTINS" <rosemartins31@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rosemartins221@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:11:49 +0100
Subject: DEAREST ONE!

From:Rose Martins
Email:rosemartins221@yahoo.fr
Hello,
Mysteries has gone in my life. In the western part of Africa is where I
meet
a hell in my life. 29th September 2002 later in the night the murderers
came
without a pity without a mercy they killed my father in front of me.
My father was a wealthy cocoa merchant.The trouble began early 2002,
when my
father's associates started suspecting that my father was not giving
proper
accounts of all the tons of cocoa being cultivated by local farmers in
some
villages.
This mistrust deepens between Jul-Aug 2002 when they discovered a very
big
some of money my father deposited with a security company
. As a result of this discovery and the enviness
of the
money , he was killed by his associates.
Before this, he revealed to me the reasons of his being hated.He
directed me
where to get the documents of the said deposit, he told me that he
enrolled
my name as his next of kin/beneficiary for the deposit, being the only
child. He advised me that I should not stay in the country because his
enemies might equally kill me to reap all his wealth hence my mother
died of
cancer when I was five years old. He instructed me that if he dies,
that I
should wait till I get married or look for a foreign partner who will
help
me to move the money abroad and the person will help me to invest the
money
in his or her country.
My father finally died on 29th of September,2002 and since then I was
out of
school and went into hiding because of my father's associates. All the
relevant documents of the $9.5 (nine million five hundred thousand
dollars)
that was deposited in a security company are intact.
My name is Rose Martins, I am 22yrs old . Please
I
would like you to assist me as urgent as you can before they kill me
and
made away with this money deposited with a Security Company. The death
of my
father actually brought sorrow to my life. I am in a sincere desire of
your
humble assistance in this regards. I therefore appeal to you to find
somewhere in your heart to assist me dearly! I wish to invest under
your
care please.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. But
permit
me to ask these few questions:
1. Can you honestly help me as you would do to your own relation?
2. Can I completely trust you as a reliable person? .
3.What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you
after
the money has been moved to you?
Please contact me immediately with the below E-mail address and include
your
contact details in your response to enable me send you all necessary
details
as regards to the procedure of securing the consignment out from the
security company and moving it to you immediately. Please be rest
assured
that this transaction is 100% risk free. My Private
(E- mail: rosemartins221@yahoo.fr)
I will be expecting your soonest reply as soon as you get through with
this
mail of progress.
Thanks and best regards
Yours Sincerely,
Rose Martins.

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