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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: Anderson Newton <cibolo@excite.com>
Reply-To: andernew@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:01:59 +0200
Subject: YOUR HELP PLEASE


FROM: Master Anderson Newton

Dear Friend

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since I can not be able to see you face to face at first and i got your contact from the netherlands chamber of commerce and industry. Being the only son of my father,late Mr.Anderson DICKSON from Buncchana of Liberia Replublic.I am 23 years of age. My father was a limited liability cocoa and palm oil Dealer in Liberia before his untimely death.After his business trip to Holland to negotiate on a cocoa business. A week after he came back from Holland,he was assassinated with my mother by unknown assassins.Which my mother died,instantly,but my father died after five days in hospital,on that faithful afternoon. I didn't know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother and all this help during the president charles taylor's war in Liberia.But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die. (may his soul rest in perfect peace) he disclose to me that he deposited the sum of $4.5 million US dollars(Four million Five hundred dollars) in Fiducairy Company in Holland That the money was meant for his cocoa business he wanted to invest in holland. Though, according to my father,he deposited the money in a trunk box,but declared it as,family belonging. He single handed me the code of the box and the Deposit Certificate, and instructed me to seek for a life time investment abroad. Now I have succeeded in locating the Fiducairy company here in holland and also confirmed the item with most honest and confidentiality,i have being able to come to holland at last.

Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me lift this money out from holland to your account or claiming of this fund here in holland abroad so that we should invest it in any lucrative business in your country. Because this is my only hope in life.
Your handsome reward is negotiable.Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction. If this proposal is acceptable.

On smooth conclusion of this transaction,you will be entitled to 25% as gratification for your assisting us, while 5%will be set aside to take care of expenses on our both sides that may arise during the time of transfer and also for telephone bills, and the remaining 70% will be for me. What I want from you is for you to act as the deceased rigth owner of this fund. I have in my possession, all the necessary Documents to successfully accomplish the
operation.Bear in mind that this proposal is 100% risk free.
Further Information will be given to you as soon as I receive your positive response.I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your wish.

please kindly contact me through e-mail address immediately for more discussion,your kind attention and mutual understanding .

MAIL TO MY ALTERNATIVE MAIL BOX FOR SECURITY REASONS Email:andernew@netscape.net


Yours faithful,
Anderson Newton













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