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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: jonas115@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:59:37 +0100
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME

Dear Sir/Madam
Tel:874 763 432 270
Fax:874 763 432 271
How are you and Your Family ? Hope Well. Thats Fine. Pardon me, I know you
dont know me, But this is a Good chance for us to Know each Other. I am
Seeking your Assitance in a Transaction that Involves my Family's.
I have sent a Total of 3 Mails to you in the 3 Days. I know you must be
busy and you might Find it Difficult to reply my Mails, but if You can give
me your Number i can Call you a your Free time.
My previous Mails contained Information about the Assistance I need for
you to do for My Family, I am a Widow with 2 Kids and my brother Inlaw (lawrence).
We are From Angola, I lost my Husband there, which is On Reasons i have
contacted you. We could no Longer Stay in Angola due to some reasons beyond
our Control. My Husband a Traditional Ruler, at the Time of His Handing
Over the Post to the Next Man, got Involved in some sort of Mis-understanding
that Cost his Life.
We had to leave, It was No Longer safe, Just for the Future of My Family.
We had to Leave for Mauritus to Escape the Pressure and knowing Fully Well,
How hard it was going be for us in Another World, An Island in the Indian
Ocean. From here we have been trying to Contact you via the Internet and
its not easy. But i have hope we would get Connected to you some day.
From Here we have also Managed to radio our Friend and Sympathizers back
in Angola. With the Help of lawrence my Brother Inlaw. We managed to get
some Money to start our lives afresh. Most of the Money are From the Land
Area my Husband Had. Some we sold and some we have Precious Stones Mining
Sites. We had to let all that Go Down the Drain, But we made twenty Five
Million US Dollars for selling out all we hope on, So i only Hope is this
Funds too.
We had to lodge the Funds under the Security of a Security Outfit here in
Maurtius, which is our Present Location, we were making arrangements to
contact for Help, So you can Help us in getting this Funds overseas so we
could start a New Life. Please we are Innocent people Trying to make a Living.
We need a change of Enviromrnt because we have seen the Worst here and For
the Children most especially, I feel they Need to relocate. With the funds
we have managed to raise and your Help, I beleive you would be saving our
Souls. Please dont let us waste away.
Imagine, what my kids could be in Future if they could just reach for that
Helping Hand which you could offer. The Banking System in Mauritius has
not joined the International Banking System, where we can Tranfer this Funds
to our desired destination accounts oveseas. We need someone who we can
trust like you on the International Level, since we haven,t had the Chance
to own foriegn Accounts. We will pay For your Services, We will give you
a Certain Percentage.
I am willing to give you give you a certain percentage of this fund. I will
be happy if you could serve as our guardian. We livelike refugees here in
Maritius, because its not our home, we pray we can work this out a quick
as possible, so we can eventually have peace. Please its no longer safe
here anymore for me, i don't even know what the future holds for my kids,
they have stopped school for 5 months now.

Please try to forward me a phone number i can reach you so i can give you
more details on the exact role which is required of you for the successfully
conclusion of this transaction's I look forward to your earliest response,
Please I need your help and I believe with your help my life and that of
my family will be safe.
Kindly mail me at:madamrosa180@yahoo.com
Thank You
Rosa.

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