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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: "VICTORIA" <jollollyvic20@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jollyvictoria@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:19:23 +0100
Subject: VICTORIA ( ms )

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Dear Sir/Madam,
it gives me pleasure to make your aquaintance and wish to tell you
all about me wish.
Please let this message do not be a surprise to you because i got your contact information and lay all the trust in you before i decided to disclose this confidential and successful transaction to you. I would like you to do same too, I am originally from Liberia and living Currently in senegal with my brother and our parents died during the war in my country but for then my father deposited some amount of money in a bank which worth 12.9 million US dollars in a financial house in Europe. and as a result of this war we couldn’t finish our studies and which we’d wanted to further at anyday things gets better, I and my brother are staying in a camp here in Dakar with reverend who I told about all my plight which made him to give me access to internet, and I write through his computer, please i am asking for your help/asistance to claim this money from the bank in Europe, because according to our ages and refugee status we are not legible to apply for this money , I am still 20 while m
y brother is 17 years old, and we do not let anybody to know about this until this week when we had concluded our plans for executing this project, and making the decision to retrive the fund, so it's quite very unfortunate about the pains that we are facing together here while having such amount in bank which i am the next of kin ,that’s why i have to decide to contacting you and to confinde in you my secret with belief that you will help us get the money out of the bank which we shall compensate you I am confinding in you my secret and with the strong faith that you will not betray us or run away with the money once you claim it.
If you are really sure of your integerity, trustworthy and confidentiality, and accept not to cheat, betray or disappoint us after this when the fund is transferred into your account, reply for the re-assurance with your telephone and fax numbers necessary for effective communication. As soon as you reply , contact me through my private email so that i will norminate you to the bank as my beneficiary and let you know the steps and procedures to follow in order to finalize this transaction immediately.
would be waiting for your fruitful responce for future correpondence .You will take 35% percent of the whole money while 10 percent goes for the expenses towards claiming this money ,please I am confiding in you in desperation therefore do not let another person know about this
money,Please contact me today for further information. at (newdawn_victoria@yahoo.ca)

BEST REGARDS,

VICTORIA MENDE.


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