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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Princess Cecelia Esien" <esience@gawab.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:25:09 GMT
Subject: I NEED YOUR TRUST

X-Mailserver Trefnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Mailserver Trefnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Mailserver Trefnet-MailScanner-SpamScore: s X-MailScanner-From: esience@gawab.com
Dearest,
 
Good day and Compliments,
I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it
is the wish
of God for you to help me and my family, God almighty will
bless and
reward you abundantly.
My family and I are true Christians and worship's God
truthfully. I got
your contact through Internet during my research on some
one who could
help us.
I am a female student from University of Nigeria, Lagos. I
am 28 yrs
old. I'd like any person who can be caring, loving and home
oriented. I
will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to
know more
about you. I would like to build up a solid foundation with
you in time
coming if you can be able to help me in this transaction.
Well, my
fathers died earlier two months ago and left my mother I
and my junior
brother behind. He was a king, which our town citizens
titled him
before his
death. I was a Princess to him and I and my brother are the
only people
who can take Care of his wealth now because my mother is
not literate
enough to know all my father's wealth behind.
He left up to USD 27, 350, 000.00 dollars (Twenty Seven
Million, Three
Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars ) with a security
company, and I
don't know how and what I will do to invest this money
somewhere in
abroad, so that my father's kindred will not take over what
belongs to
my
father and our family, which they were planning to do
without my
present because I am a female as stated by our culture in
the town.
That is
why I felt happy when I saw your contact which I strongly
believe that
by the grace of God, you will help me secure and invest
this money. I
thereby need your help in bringing the box containing the
money out
from
the security company, based on your reply I will furnish
you with more
details on how we can proceed.
I am ready to pay 10% of the total amount to you if you
help us in
securing this money and another 10% interest of Annual
Income to you,
for
handling this business for us, which you will strongly have
absolute
control over.
If you can handle this project sincerely and also willing
to assist me
in lifting this und,kindly reach me and I will let you know
the next
step to take towards actualizing this transaction as
quickly as
possible.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free.
I look forward hearing from you soonest through this my
email cecelia3esien@yahoo.co.in
so that I can give you more information .
Yours sincerely,
Princess Cecelia Esien
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