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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: Sela Kofi <selakofi24@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:21:21 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Honey Please Read And Get Back To Me


My Dearest Loved,

How was your day hope fine.?.Mine is a little
bit cold over here in Dakar Senegal.In this camp we are only allowed to
go out from the camp only for a few days of the week. 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 relative now whom we can go to all my relatives
ran away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is Rev.
Michael Joel who is the pastor of the (Christ Citizen 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, the
camp have two hostels one for men and the other for women.

The
Pastors Tel number is ( +221-771-714-099 ) if you call and tell him
that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel. As a
refugee here i don't have any right or privilege 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 tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took
place.Please listen to this,i have my Late Father's Personal STATEMENT
OF ACCOUNT with my name as next of kin 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 bank
In
which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $4.7
M (Four Million Seven Hundred Thousand 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 and continue my life and education. I kept this
secret to people in the camp 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 due to
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 and i speaks English very fluently.My
choosing you is question i know you must ask and i think it is a good
question.I have two reasons for choosing you, i chooses you because it
is the will of God.And i believe knowing you will bring hope back again
to my life.the day i wrote you first,i picked up three addresses from a
dating site and i prayed over it with my reverend.He brought three
pieces of papers and wrote three email addresses on them and fold
them,he asked me to pick one and i picked your email address,then i
decided to write you and i also believe that it is the will of God.
Mean while i will like you to call me by 2pm my time like i
said i have a lot to tell you.
waiting to here from you soon, and have a wonderful day.

Yours Beloved one
Miss Sela


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