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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: Rachael Robert <rachael_robert21@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: rachaelrobert@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 10:04:55 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From:Rachael Robert


From:Rachael Robert
Email/ rachaelrobert@yahoo.com

Dearest trusted one,

Based on the trust and God's divine guidance that I have this great
oppoturnity linking up to you, though we have not meet before but
Ibelieve that one have to risk in confiding his secret to succeed
sometimes in life.

My name is Rachael Robert, 25 years old undergraduate.I am only
daughter of chief/Mrs Paul Robert, a major cocoa exporter cum
politician.I am native of Lorma in western part of liberia,Africa.

I was born out of tragic fate.my mother died from cancer when I was
only 4 years old,my father nurtured me with great care and love
before he met his own untimely death on the way coming back from
business trip from overseas,on his arrival to the airport his
driver went to drove him back home on the way they have a fatal car
accident which killied his driver at spot while my father spent 3
painful days at hospital before dying.my uncle seized all my
father's companies and properties because of our traditionl believe
that i'm a woman.
I was left with nothing and dropped out of school because of
financial difficulties and my uncle's wicked attitude. my father
told me in a deep secret on his sick bed which I want to share
with you in a full confidentiality.He deposited a huge sum of 7.5
million Dollars (7,5OO,OOO USD)in one of reputable security company
in Ivory Coast because of polictical instability in our country
Liberia without the knowledge of my uncle.presently i'm in ivory
coast since the civil war broke out in liberia as a refugee in one
of missionary home while my uncle flew to the london with his
children.although i have contacted the security company they
comfirmed the logdement.

Dearest, all i want you to do for me is to step forward as my
foreign partner to the security company so that the money will be
retrieve,i have all the neccesary information to back you up.I will
sincerely give you 15% out of the money,5% for any expenses
incurred during the transaction and the rest will be used for any
investement preferred by you in your country.
I am pleading to you with the name of Almighty God to help me out
of this problem.coincidentally Ivory coast is now having it's own
political unrest too, waiting for your soonest response.In case
Almighty God Lay it in your heart to help an orphan like me,feel
free to write to me through my private Email :
rachaelrobert@yahoo.com
MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
All my love,
Rachael Robert



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