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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: "rosa jonas" <rosejons2020@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:55:37 +0000
Subject: hello there

URGENT ATTN:

I got your contact in my search for a trustworthy
foreigner that will assist me with my present predicament, as
I don?t even know whom to trust so I allowed the spirit of
God to lead me.

Firstly let me introduce my self. I am Mrs. Rosa
Jonas,wife of the late leader of the National Union of the
totalLiberation of Angola (U.N.I.T.A) who died on the
February22 2002 by the bullet of the ruling government troop.

My late husband was controlling the northern part of
Angola as a rebel leader which is blessed with a deposit of
diamonds this my late husband used to his advantage,
mining and selling these diamond to foreign individuals and
government in return for huge amount of US Dollars
and ammunitions that is part of the reasons couple with
determination why he was able to sustain his troop
for 30 years of civil war before his untimely death

He left a huge amount of money which amount to $48m
(United state dollars) he kept the money under my care in
case of eventuality so that the future of me and our
children will be secure. when we heard the bad news of his death
his trusted aid moved me and the children and members of
your family out of our hiding, we traveled in a fishing
boat to Port Lois Mauritius from where I am making this
contact.,
The money has been coded and secretly deposited in a
security company and declared as ?FAMILY TREASURE?
fo onward courier to reliable foreigner in an advanced economy
like your country for safe keep.
I am offering you 35% of the total money if you will assist
me to move this money out of Mauritius as the
foreign beneficiary and provide a safe account, while I and
my family will have 60%.While 5%will be for any bill that might
occour during the transaction, I am assuring you that this
transaction is risk free as we have put all the
logistics in place to make it successful all we need from you
is your co-operation and sincerity of purpose.
You will be contacting my brother in-law charles for
more details on how you are going to assist us conclude
this transaction I gave him authority to assist me due to
health reasons I am recovering from a traumatic attach since the
death of my husband. I will wait for your response,
thank you and God bless.(PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR
(1)YOUR NAME
(2)YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
(3)YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
(4)YOUR ZIP CODE
(5)YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBER AND YOUR FORM OF ID)

Mrs.Rosa Jonas
NB.....................
GET BACK TO ME TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
inori_dd123@hotmail.com
I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY WHEN YOU
CALL tel: 011 - 874 - 763 - 432 - 270 ASK
FOR CHARLES TELL HIM THAT YOU ARE CALLING ON BEHALF
OF
MADAM ROSA LETTER OF ASSISTANCE

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