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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: "Over Sea" <oversea2015@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:15:10 +0000
Subject: YOUR KIND SOLICIT UNDERSTANDING REQUIRED FROM JUDITH

Compliment of the season.
my name is judith medical student from East Africa .
6. I am 5'10, 155pds(athletic build), dark brown skin, dark brown
eyes, long hair, nice smile, and very cute.
I am gentle, kind, affectionate and very romantic.
I am in search of friend over there who is, God fearing , real, honest,
faithful,
trustworthy .

i saw your profile details gere and it interest me so much to know you and
confide in you and will be glad to hear from you for me to send my photos
for you to know me in details as i want to relocate there for living.. am
single and never married . My name is Judy Halima Makoulou and am here in
Benin Republic with my junior brother Daved in a hotel called hotel colombo
which we arrived two days now because of big war in that country that lead
to the death of my father ad mother living me and my younger brother alive
and we are from Congo Democractic and lives in a country called Abidjan -
Cote d'Ivoire but here in Benin Republic we entered as a result of the war
in that country which lead to the death of my father and mother living me
and david alone on earth.And here in benin republic we entered as arefugee
though we are not in the refugee camp and that is why we have access to
internet to talk to you. We came here recently and we are staying in a
hotel. Am student studying medicine and david engineering before the out
break of the war. am 24 years of age and david is 22. i trust you 100% and
have confidence in you and you have all the qualities i need from man that i
need for the investment of our fund in good investment and i know you will
be able to take good care of me and my younger brother and you will help us
to control our fund after clearance into your account.
Please we need your assitance and help and that is why we are writting you
now
Before the death of my father, he used my name to deposit some money as his
next of kin in a FINANCE COMPANY HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC. THE TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPOSITED HERE FOR US IS VALUED AT 9 MILLION DOLLARS. And am standing as the
beneficiary but cannot lay claim because here they do not allow refugees to
operate account in the bank here and the finance company has contacted us to
come and have our fund cleared and that is why i contacted you this morning
after viewing your profile and know you are the kind of person that i need
that willnot betray or treat me bad once our fund is cleared into your
account. .

All i need from you is to help us get the total money transfered into your
account for investment .
please get back to me to enable me give you all my datas and tell you
everything in details on below email.

onelover_best@yahoo.fr


you call me on phone for me to hear your voice and familiarize ourself
00229-97689290

That's my contact information so you can write me for me to send my
photos and let me have your email address too for us to open
communication to know ourself as i want to relocate to your area for my
living. i will tell you all about me once i receive your reply via email i
gave to you above
What about me!

I know that it takes a very determined person to follow through with such a
long distance relationship, I am very determined and want to relocate there
to live and invest and need your help.
i really want to relocate to your area soonest and wants to meet you face to
face by lords grace and will be glad to hear your response on phone
00229-97689290 and reply to the address given above.

please get back to me fore more details. and for you to know what is
required from you to enable you help us out over our fund clearance and
transfer

love and adore
and want to hear your voice on phone so call me on 00229-689290
from judith

PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP TO ENABLE US MOVE OUT OF HERE AS SOON AS OUR FUND IS
CLEARED
FROM JUDY
SEE THE WEBSITE BELOW FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND OUR POSITION NOW

http://www.rtici.tv/photo1.htm


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