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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: Gloria Johnson <g_johnson003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:50:35 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: REPLY SOON


Dear,Willem

I am aware that we have never seen each other before, neither have we exchanged any form of formal contract or correspondence before. I am equally aware that this world is full of dishonest people
I am Gloria Johnson from Republic of Cote D Ivoire in West Africa, I am 28 years old from a family of 3.My dad was a cocoa dealer,befor the faithful day he met is death in the hands of the rebel who killed him.
My families were captured in Abidjan, on the first day the war started, and my father was assassinated with my mother by the assassinators, my father dead instantly but my mother dead later after eight hours at the hospital.On that faithful day. my mother disclosed to me that my father deposited, (the sum of 10,500,000.00 Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in a Security company .Presently i am here in senegal.
I am desperately in need to move and re-locate this huge deposit to your country for safe keeping as this is the only wealth remaining for the future survival.
Please endavour to email me back for further clarifications over this issue.
Remain blessed ,

Regards

Gloria Johnson





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