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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: "Mrs. Fadira Waziri" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sosafricanorphans@vista.aero>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:53:49 -0700
Subject: GOOD FRIEND

From: Jessica Hillary
Subject: Trust for African's Orphans
 
Hello,
I will like to give you a brief profile about myself. My name is Jessica Hillary. Am 45 years of age with 2 kids Timmy, Nick and a loving husband I had great dream and ambitions to nurture and training my family especially my children? With all that is required, so they could become the best family in the world. I have special love and plans for family and my profession .I had plans to establish a great medical center, employ people and attain great goals. I did not know how to start, but with great courage and determination, I resolved to do the great work of giving hope again to these hopeless children. I have kept on making these children happy with my assistance.
Presently, as God almighty would have it, we have been able to build a wonderful orphanage home for these poor and helpless children; we have been receiving handsome contributions from people of different societal status all over the world in the form of Donations. But the problem is that they always send us donations in the form of Money Order/US certified cashier's check which we find very difficult to cash whenever we are in Africa, or any of these developing countries, and this is where we need your assistant and service.
JOB DESCRIPTION
1. Receive payment (US certified check) from our kind and humble donors twice every week.
2. Cash the Payments at your Bank.
3. Deduct 10%, which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
4. You will then forward the balance according to our instruction.
Your job is absolutely legal. You do not need any capital to start (none of your personal funds is needed). May God almighty bless you as you read my message and consider in your heart the good you will be doing for these helpless children
Please reply to my personal email address directly at (sosafricanorphans@vista.aero) with the details stated below.
FULL NAME AND ADDRESS WITH ZIP CODE:
PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
AGE:
SEX: 
Thank You & God Bless
Yours Sincerely,
Jessica Hillary
Trust for African's Orphans
Sefton House 2 Molesey Road
Hersham Walton-on-Thames
Surrey KT12 4RQ United Kingdom
Telephone .00447035964428
 
 
 
 

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