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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: "jenny@reliancesecurity.com" <jennycampbell144@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 09:34:34 -0000
Subject: Re: From Ms Jenny Urgent Business Transaction

MESSAGE OF HELP FROM
MS.JENNY CAMPBELL (U.K).

Let this communication not be a coincidence to you but as God's plan, my
name is Ms.Jenny Campbell a citizen of United Kingdom, I work as the
Inspection & Operational manager in my company. My Company is where all
valuables are being deposited safely; the name of our Company is (Reliance
Security Group Services) London, England.

I am here to plead with you to assist me save the life of my only Father
who has been sick for years through this business I wish to introduce. I
have spent so much that the sickness has put me into much debt that I will
not be able to payback in the next 5years; God knows that I have not done
such before but I don’t want to wait and see my Company confiscating Mr.
Alan Williams’s consignment, a business Tycoon who Died on a plane crash
in 20th Oct, 2005 with all his family in Tanzania safari airline. Rather I
wish to see his dreams come true in future as he told me history of his
life when he visited my company to make deposit.

Mr. Alan Williams made a huge deposit of US$12.6M with our Security
Company which he packaged and sealed in a consignment; unfortunately he
left nobody as his next of kin to the said deposit as he planed to use the
fund to support privileges. As a God fearing person I will like you to
stand as NEXT OF KIN to Mr. Alan Williams to claim the consignment out
from our Security Company. I will not like our Company to confiscate this
fund or divert it to GENEVA SWITZERLAND as unclaimed consignment.

You will have 50% of the total deposited amount and 40% to build Orphanage
Home in memory of Mr. Alan Williams’s family; while 10% should go for me
so that I can use it to save the life of my Father who is critical sick in
the hospital. I need to discourse this better with you when I receive a
positive answer from you and also see your willingness to save the life of
my Father through this transaction. Secondly when Mr. Alan Williams made
this deposit he did not disclose the content as cash money to our Company
for Security reasons, please I will not like you to disclose this also as
fund to our Company or anybody involve until you receive/claim out the
consignment from our Company. FULL NAME, AGE, OCCUPATION, CONTACT ADDRESS,
DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER & COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY.

In return of my e-mail I will send to you my own information’s so as to
know me better as well; remember I am doing this to save the life of my
sick Father in the hospital and also to make sure that Mr. Alan Williams
and his family dream comes true.


Ms.Jenny Campbell
Reliance Security Group Services
London UK.
Private Email:jennycampbell144@yahoo.com

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