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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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Fraud email example:

From: favour Onnam <favourdo78@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:58:19 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I want to build my life on you, call me today


 Dearest sweet heart,

 

I am more than happy in your reply to my mail. how is your day ; Mine
is a little bit hot over here in Dakar Senegal. my condition here is
terrible Its just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods
grace i will come out here soon.i don't have any relatives now whom i
can go to all our relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only
person i have now is Rev VICTOR JONA.who is the pastor of the (CITY OF
FAITH CHURCH) here in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came
here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the women's
hostel because here the  have two hostels one for men the other for
women.The Pastors Tel number is  (+221 772706433)
if you call,tell him that you want to speak with me he will send for me
in the hostel. to come and anwser your call.my conditon  here i don't
have any right or privilledge to any thing be it money or whatever
because it is against the law of this country.I want to go back to my
studies because i only attended my first year before the traggic
incident that lead to my being in this situation.

 

please listen to this,i have my late father's statement of account and
death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter,because
when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in one of a leading
bank which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is
$4.123millon us Dollars.So i will like you to help me transfer this
money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get
my travelling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you.I
kept this secret to people   here the only person that knows about it
is the Revrend because he is like a father to me.So in the light of
above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to
anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets
to know about it. Remember i am giving you all this information dueto
the trust i deposed on you.I like honest and understanding
people,truthful and a man of vision,truth and hardworking. My favourite
language is english  i speak english very fluently. Meanwhile i will
like you to call me like i said i have alot to tell you, Have a nice
day and think about me. I'am waiting to hear from you soonest

 

Yours in love, Favour


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