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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "the consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Anita Danjuma." <da_jun_ma001@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: da_nju_ma@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 14:36:48 -0700
Subject: My Beloved One

Dear Sir/Madam

I presume that we have not meet neither have we communicated before. Firstly, my name is Mrs Anita Danjuma I am the wife of late Micheal
Danjuma. My late husband Micheal Danjuma who was a business tycoon
based here in my country was also the chief Executive of oil wheels here in the country. He died last month at the age of 52 after a brief
illness at Eko Hospital here in Dakar Senegal Could you believe that
the tradition and costum of the village and state where my late husband
came from demands that any woman who does not have a male child for the
husband, that when ever the husband dies, all the properties including
cash will be shared among the late husband brothers and the woman will be sent out the husband house for good.



My dear, this is exactly what I am going through right now since last
month my husband died. My late husband brothers has taken all the
properties belonging to my late husband including bank account and as
well sent me out of my husband house just because I do not have a male child for my late husband. This is a weaked tradition and believe.As am
talking to you now, I and my two daughters are going through hell at
the moment.Right now, I am having in my possition all the vital documents relating to the sum of $15.5 million dollars which my late husband deposited with a Security Company here in Senegal as family valuables and he made all the vital documents with my name as the next of kin before his death.with out his brothers notice.



Last week I contacted the manager of the Security Company and I was
told that the money is very much intact, that I can as well come for it
any time I feel like.Please remember that I cannot make use of this
fund here due to forces surounding me at the moment. Please have mercy at the poor widow like me and help me out of this mess. All I want you to do for me is to provide me with your full contact information so that I can direct the Director of Security Company to lift the Consignment into your distination immediately before my Late husband brothers will have knowledge of it and claim it just like the way they did to others.


I strongly believe that the only way I can secure this money for myself
is to act fast now and lift this money to,your care in your
destination, that is the main reason why I am contacting you for your
assistance.



Please, as soon as this fund is lifted into your country , you can go
ahead and have 15% for your time and patience to help.Please Remember
that my children are the only happiness I have here on earth and I
cannot watch them suffer like this.Please if you are willing to help,
kindly reply me


I look forward to hearing from you immediately.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs Anita Danjuma.

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