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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: Goodness John <goodnessjohn94@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 03:11:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hello


Hello, Im goodness john ,23 years old ,  i got your email when i was searching for  someone that will here my cry ,Im  contacting you for an important  proposal, i know that it will be a suprise to you,since you dont know me before  but it take just a day to know some one  a life time to forget, Im from the  republic of sudan  in  west Africa, I Am an  only child and Daughter of late morest john  who was An oil merchant before he was killed by Rebels in 2006 because of the current crisis in the Region,i was Rescued by the united Nations peace keeping force and was taken to Red crose camp in Senegal Dakar,Now the mean reason  why im  contacted you is becuse of the fund my lata father Deposited with  my name in one of the  Security Company Hold  (7.5million USD) which is  Rightfully mine,I have Deposit slip and the others documents to prove  my ownership and  i want to contract you as my  foreign beneficiary to help me in  transfarring
the fund and  investing it properly in to legitimate busness and i am also willing to complete my education in your  country, I am writing you with tears  out of my eyes, i know that is very hard for you to belive me, if you are not the person i am looking for, with due respect to you delete my email and don't respond to me  but im telling you the true, im ready to give 30% of the total funds for your  assistance in helping me tranfer the funds and all  other  arrangements. pls i will like you to send me your contact, here is my Rev cell number if you call me  tell him that you want to  speak with faith mendy  (00221762923696)Feel free to write back to me,  for futher clarifications.

Best regards goodness john

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