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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: Rodgers Joseph <josephrodgers813@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:34:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I WAS EMAILED


Hello my dear.
 
I thank you ones again for reaching me. I hope you are keeping fine
today, As for me, i am not looking fine over here. Really it sounds some how depositing such a big trust to some body that you have never seen
in person but one thing you ought to understand is that any body who is
into difficult situation mine may be looking for help from every angle
and when i come in contact with you i was some how felt relaxed saying
with you that God has answered my fasting and prayer's.I was moved.I
appreciate your acceptance to assist me to my request as regards to the
money and this has made me to get the bank informed in a mail about you, i introduced you to them .I see you as a very nice person whom i can lean upon for trust and support for life; I see you as very responsible, competent and mature enough to assist me to direct my life to a positive direction in life.Please i have not
told any one except you about the existence of this money and i will
like you to please keep it secret to other people because since it is
money i feel all interest will be on it. Remember i trust you that is
why i am giving you all this information!. I will like to hear your
voice in due cause please, I have informed the bank about my plans to
take and transfer this money and the only thing they told me is to look
for a very responsible person , who will stand on my behalf as a trustee to this money due to my refugee status and the laws of this country. I
have to use this chance to let you know about it,i have decided not to
continue staying over here any more, i would like to use this chance get you introduced to the bank as my partner and the person who will be standing on my behalf as regards to this money.In
this regards i will like you to contact the bank immediately with their
contact information below; please tell them that you are my foreign
partner and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me
transfer my ( 4.7 million USA dollars) Four million Seven hundred 
thousand USA dollars) deposited by my late father of which i am the next of kin/beneficiary, to your account in your country.Here is the
contact, just send an email to the bank in London.Note.This Is the
contact  information of the bank is as follows: and i would like you to
contact them today for this fund and ask them how this fund will
transfer into your account as my foreign partner, Let them know that
it's Miss Jennifer Khalifa Instructed to transfer this fund into your
account.Below are the bank contact information,s
 
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

Transfer  Manager.Sir Brian  Wilston
Address: 9, High St, Perth, Perthshire PH1 5JS
Tel :+44-703-5970-624
Fax :+44-703-5918-854
 
 
E-mail : royalbanktransferdptbank@aol.co.uk
E-mail : royalbanktransfer@inMail24.com
Information about the deposit code are as follows.
Name of depositor:  Dr.Wilson Khalifa
Nationality:Liberia
Next of kin : Miss Jennifer Khalifa
Amount deposited:( $4.7 Million USD)
Account Number:  BLB43483002/QB/91/A
Or you send your full information for reconfirmation so that i will
forward it to bank to make the transfer to your given account in your
country.
 
1.FULL NAME............
2.HOME AND OFFICE ADDRESS............
3.TELEPHONE NUMBER ...............................
4.BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION ............................
 
I was well known in the Orphanage Home here with Choir Master Because i am a Leader in the Church Choir and the real name my
parents called me is Miss Jennifer Khalifa. The name of the manager for
foreign transfers as i was informed is  Mr Brian  Wilston by the time
you contacted them on Fax or email. Please try and contact them now to
confirm this and as well on how possible to transfer the ( 4.7 million
USA dollars ) deposited by my late father of which i am the next of kin
to your account in your country. My dear i am glad that God has brought
you to see me out from this situation and i promise to be very grateful
and will equally need you in every area of my life plus investing this
money since i am still too young and inexperienced to comfortably manage my life for now.I have map out 5% for every expenses you will make
before this transfer and 15% for all your good effort towards my
freedom.As i told you before, this Orphanage Home is just like a prison
and my prayers is to move out from here as soon as possible.Please make sure that you contact the bank so that
after the transfer you will send some money from my late father money
for me to prepare my traveling documents to meet with you in your
country.I feel i can make it to join you as soon as you are through with this transfer or you can come down to meet me over here and see how you will assist me to join you.I don't think i will regret being with you
in your country, i feel it's so better for me to be with you than to be
over here, i have made my decision not to continue staying in this
country or west africa. i hope you approach this issue as yours, and
give an urgent attention, because i am not in good condition and i want
to be free in all my life; i so much trust you and i will like you to
maintain the trust i have got in you.Honey please keep this transaction
secret this is a very huge amount of money.i will not like  people to
know about this fund because i am afraid to loose my life or the money.I will be waiting to hear from you soonest!.
Yours love
Miss Jennifer Khalifa

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