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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: mrsrosa1@tiscali.it
Reply-To: mrsrosajonas2@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:59:55 +0100
Subject: Re: Urgent Reply

Urgent Attention:

I got your contact in my search for a trustworthy foreigner that will assist
me with my present predicament, as I don?t even know whom to trust so I
allowed the spirit of God to lead me.

Firstly let me introduce my self. I am Mrs. Rosa Jonas , wife of the late
leader of the National Union of the total Liberation of Angola (U.N.I.T.A)
who died on the February 22 2002 by the bullet of the ruling government
troop.

My late husband was controlling the northern part of Angola as a rebel
leader which is blessed with a huge deposit of diamonds this my late husband
used to his advantage, mining and selling these diamond to foreign individuals
and government in return for huge amount of US Dollars and ammunitions that
is part of the reasons couple with determination why he was able to sustain
his troop for 30 years of civil war before his untimely death

He left a huge amount of money which amount to $48m (United state dollars)
he kept the money under my care in case of eventuality so that the future
of me and our children will be secure. when we heard the bad news of his
death his trusted aid moved me and the children and members of our family
out of our hiding, we traveled in a fishing boat to Port Lois Mauritius
from where I am making this contact.,
The money has been coded and secretly deposited in a security company and
declared as ?FAMILY TREASURE? for onward courier to reliable foreigner in
an advanced economy like your country for safe keep.

I am offering you 30% of the total money if you will assist me to move this
money out of Mauritius as the foreign beneficiary and provide a safe account,
while I and my family will have 70%. I am assuring you that this transaction
is risk free as we have put all the logistics in place to make it successful
all we need from you is your co-operation and sincerity of purpose.

Moreso for easy comunications as soon as you recieve this mesage kindly
send you secure telephone and fax number so that it can be easy to get intouch
with you

You will be contacting my brother in-law Morris for more details on how
you are going to assist us conclude this transaction I gave him authority
to assist me due to health reasons I am recovering from a traumatic attack
since the death of my husband. I will wait for your response, thank you
and God bless.


Mrs.Rosa Jonas
NB.....................
I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR UNGENT REPLY WHEN YOU CALL ASK FOR MORRIS TELL
HIM THAT YOU ARE CALLING ON BEHALF OF MADAM ROSA LETTER OF ASSISTANCE

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