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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: judith_david2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:19:43 +0200
Subject: From Judith and David.

Attnetion:

Dear sir/ Ma,

Good day to you in the name of our Almighty God. Please permit me to use
this medium to thank you once more for given me this avenue to explain my
problem to you , But firstly, i will like to introduce myself to you so
that you will understand and comprehend my point clearly. My name is Judith
Abdulrasak Makoulou with my younger brother David,we are from congo democratic
republic in the east africa.

Presently we are in cotonou Benin republic as political refugees as a result
of the war in my country which left to the death of our dearly parents.
Iam still a student and my brother too in my country high school where iam
studying medicine while brother David is studying mechanical engineering.I
will be 24 years old by the 14th of september while my brother is 21 years
old.

Please we need your concerns and assistance because the war has claimed
the life of both our darling father and mother leaving us alone in this
world. Before the death of our father, he used my name as the beneficiary/owner
to deposit some huge amount of money WHICH VALUED AT $9MILLION UNITED STATE
DOLLARS in a finance house here in republic of benin.Th situation is that
considering that we entered here as refugee and the financial law of this
country does not alow refugees access to operate account in their country.


Please what we need from you is your presence here in benin to help us settle
the finance house for their clearing fee and open an account with your name
in any bank here in benin I will submit your particulars to the finance
house to effect the change of the ownership of the money in your name as
the new beneficiary and after they will change the name to your favour and
relodge the money into the new account you are going to open in the bank
here you will then instruct the bank here to further transfer to any of
your nominated account in your country.

But before then,you will promise that you are going to accept us as your
own family by taking to your family house in your country,arrange for a
better school where we will continue our education and to invest this money
wisely in a lucrative venture you know.our late father and the financial
house had an agreement when the money will be in their custody and if we
fail to come and claim the money as agreed,they may confiscate that will
cause a terrible effect to our life as the hope of our future existance
depend on the sefety of this huge amount.

please if you are ready to help us, please kindly forward to us the following
below informations so that the documents can be effect in your favour as
the new beneficiary so that once you arrive and do the clearing and open
the new accout you will then have access to the money.

WE NEED YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS .THIS WILL ENABLE
THE CHANGE OF THE OWNERHSIP IN YOUR FAVOUR AS THE NEW BENEFICARY OF THE
MONEY.NOTE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVELY IS STILL HERE IF YOU CANNOT COME DOWN TO
BENIN REPUBLIC WHERE WE ARE PRESENTLY WHERE OUR VISA WILL BE OUT SOON FOR
OUR TRAVEL OUT. AND WE HAVE ALSO APPLIED FOR THEM TO RELEASE OUR MONEY TO
WHOMEVER WE NOMINATE AS THE PERSON WE EMPOWER TO HELP US CLEAR OUR MONEY
AND AS THE NEW BENEFICIARY EITHER IN BENIN REPUBLIC OR IN ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES
OFFSHORE CORRESPONDING OFFICE AROUND THE WORLD. ALSO YOU WILL BE REQUIRED
TO HELP US SETTLE FOR THE CLEARANCE FEE AND YOU WILL NEED ALSO TO OPEN AN
ACCOUNT IN THE BANK THEIR WHERE THEY WILL RELEASE AND DEPOSIT FOR YOU, ONLY
YOU WILL INSTRUCT THE BANK TO FURTHER TRANSFER TO ANY ACCOUNT YOU WILL NOMINATE
TO THEM IN ANY PLACE .

ONCE THIS IS DONE,YOU WILL FROM THERE SEND TO US MONEY FOR THE PURCHASE
OF OUR TICKET. PLEASE INDICATE YOUR WILLINGLESS TO HELP US BY FORWARDING
US THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.

1)YOUR FULL NAME.

2)YOUR TEL/FAX NUMBERS.

3)YOUR ADDRESS.

UPON THE RECEIPT OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE FINANCIAL
HOUSE FOR YOUR DISCUSSION WITH THEM. MAY GOD ALMIGHTY CONTINUE TO BLESS
YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY AS YOU HELP US INHERIT OUR MONEY. HAVE A NICE
DAY AS WE AWAITS YOUR POSITIVE DECISION TO HELP US.

FROM Judith and David.
Duely reply immediately via this E-mail address: ( judith_david11@yahoo.com
)




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