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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: "Rhulekana Rhirl" <rhulekana2@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:32:32 +0000
Subject: I WANT YOUR CO-OPERATION

From: Mr. Rhulekana E. Rhirl
Email: rhulekana@yahoo.co.uk
Email: rhulekanar@hotmail.com

RE: $8.500.000.00 Million Dollars.

It is my humble pleasure to write you this letter irrespective of the fact
that we do not know each other, I wish the will of God to be done and
achieved through you, I got your contact from my search in the
internet.

After my prayers out of the nine contact persons I got, my inner mind spirit
was lifted and lead to get in touch with you first, I believe that Ihave the
right person.

I am a Citizen of Zimbabwean. My parents where married for 13 years without
a child, then I was adopted into the family. I am the only Adopted sonof my
parents before they died. My parents died five months ago as a result of a
car accident.

When my father was alive he deposited the sum of $8.5Million (Eight Million,
Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) in a Security and Finance Savings
Company Abroad. I am the only person in their family that knows about the
deposited money. Beside my late father has told me in confidential that the
fund should be my inheritance.

I want you to use this money to fund Evangelism, Orphanages, and aswell
benefit your self by keeping 20% of the total money for your own personal
needs. For the hands that labour shall be watered. The Bible made us to
understand that blessed is the hand that giveth.

I took this decision based on the ministration I had in my dream, where I
saw my self bringing laughter to the soul and faces of lots of strangers
outside my Region/Country, after thoughts I came to a conclusion to
sacrifice the money in the security company to an external
person/individual. For it says our reward shall be great in haven when we
give or lender help to a stranger or somebody whom we expect nothing back in
return.

Since the death of my parents my fathers relations started treating me as an
outcast and has taking total control of my parents prosperities. I don't
want them to know about this development. If they do, they will
not allow me to do what i am trying to do.

Presently i am sick and my Doctor told me that I would not live for the next
three months due to blood cancer illness and stroke which is now paralyzing
me. Although i do not fear death, because its one price all
of us most pay one day. I am glad making this contact my self while I am
still alive by Gods Grace if fulfilled will give me peace.

Hoping to hearing from you through my email address so that we can arrange
to get the $8,500.000 Million Dollars to your possession.

Remain blessed.

Rhulekana Rhirl


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