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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: "Rebecca Garang" <re_garang11@msn.com>
Reply-To: rebecca_ga40@yahoo.com.sg
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:22:00 +0000
Subject: Your faithfully

Dear friend,
Compliments of the day.I know very much that you will be surprise to recieve
my mail as we have not meet before.Before proceeding further, I will like to
introduce my humble self to you, My names are Mrs Rebecca John Garang the
wife to the late Dr John Garang of Sudan, the late leader and founder of
Sudans People Liberation Movement and till death the vice president of the
Republic of Sudan who was killed in plane crash on his returning home from a
meeting with the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on the 30th of july 2005,
and as such has left a big hole in the life of many people in my family and
Country at large. As most people in Sudan knows very much that my late
husband was killed by some opposition leaders in the present Goverment to
taminate his good work many peoples are in fear now that the war which has
taken the lives of many peoples for the past 21 years now of which my late
husband was able to fought for peace in the country and brought peace back
into the Country before this sad event took place may come back again as
they believed that my late husband was killed by some wicked politicians in
the Country.
On that fear and human assumpation i'am contacting based on the danger that
is looming arround my family and the country as a whole of which we do not
know our fate and what tomorrow might onfold i have decieded to contact you
for an assistance to help the family secure and invest the money which my
late husband left for us to enable me and the children have a better and
bright future ahead.In other words before the untimely and breaking heart
death of my beloved husband(may his gentle and peace keeping soul rest in
peace), he deposited a huge sum of 15.6m EURO ( Fifteen Million Six Hundred
Thousand Euro in a security/treasure preserving company in Cotonou,
Republic of Benin in West Africa with the help of his friend, a human right
activist and also our family lawyer, he deposited the money with the
security company as family treasure and they are not aware of it original
contents as it was deposited officially as family treasure, now i have
decieded to see that this money is been taken care of as to ensure that the
family still have something to hold onto in the near future, I do with a
sincere mind seek for your assiatance to accept, recieve and invest this
money into any profitable business which you might advise on either in your
country or any other country of your choice where you know that it will be
save and properly guided.
I am pleading for your assitance to accept and recieved this money in good
faith and trust as all the neccesary documents related to this deposit are
with our lawyer in Cotonou- Benin Republic as i have handed him over every
documents so that the enemies of my late husband will not get hold of them
since the security situation here is not unpreditable.
On your acceptance to assist us to secure and invest this funds properly, I
will hand over all your details to our lawyer for him to contact you for the
documentations in your name as the new beneficairy of the funds and to see
that both of you will get the money out of African- shore and you to see
that it is been secured into your account prior to the investment plans. I
want you to know that you will be given 20% of the total sum as a
compensation to your assistance and kindness.
I want you to also know that the heat of this crisis and the death of my
husband is still hot now in my Country and as such I will prefer you keep
this mail very confidential as to ensure that we successfully move the money
out of Africa first .
I will give you more details as soon as i recieve your prompt reply. For
more informations in relation to what I am telling you, please visit this
site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4737661.stm
Please we will like you to act fast so that upon successful conclusion of
this project you will help us to make arrengement to leave Sudan as our
lifes is still in danger in the hands of rebel soldiers.




Dear friend,
Compliments of the day.I know very much that you will be surprise to recieve
my mail as we have not meet before.Before proceeding further, I will like to
introduce my humble self to you, My names are Mrs Rebecca John Garang the
wife to the late Dr John Garang of Sudan, the late leader and founder of
Sudans People Liberation Movement and till death the vice president of the
Republic of Sudan who was killed in plane crash on his returning home from a
meeting with the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on the 30th of july 2005,
and as such has left a big hole in the life of many people in my family and
Country at large. As most people in Sudan knows very much that my late
husband was killed by some opposition leaders in the present Goverment to
taminate his good work many peoples are in fear now that the war which has
taken the lives of many peoples for the past 21 years now of which my late
husband was able to fought for peace in the country and brought peace back
into the Country before this sad event took place may come back again as
they believed that my late husband was killed by some wicked politicians in
the Country.
On that fear and human assumpation i'am contacting based on the danger that
is looming arround my family and the country as a whole of which we do not
know our fate and what tomorrow might onfold i have decieded to contact you
for an assistance to help the family secure and invest the money which my
late husband left for us to enable me and the children have a better and
bright future ahead.In other words before the untimely and breaking heart
death of my beloved husband(may his gentle and peace keeping soul rest in
peace), he deposited a huge sum of 15.6m EURO ( Fifteen Million Six Hundred
Thousand Euro in a security/treasure preserving company in Cotonou,
Republic of Benin in West Africa with the help of his friend, a human right
activist and also our family lawyer, he deposited the money with the
security company as family treasure and they are not aware of it original
contents as it was deposited officially as family treasure, now i have
decieded to see that this money is been taken care of as to ensure that the
family still have something to hold onto in the near future, I do with a
sincere mind seek for your assiatance to accept, recieve and invest this
money into any profitable business which you might advise on either in your
country or any other country of your choice where you know that it will be
save and properly guided.
I am pleading for your assitance to accept and recieved this money in good
faith and trust as all the neccesary documents related to this deposit are
with our lawyer in Cotonou- Benin Republic as i have handed him over every
documents so that the enemies of my late husband will not get hold of them
since the security situation here is not unpreditable.
On your acceptance to assist us to secure and invest this funds properly, I
will hand over all your details to our lawyer for him to contact you for the
documentations in your name as the new beneficairy of the funds and to see
that both of you will get the money out of African- shore and you to see
that it is been secured into your account prior to the investment plans. I
want you to know that you will be given 20% of the total sum as a
compensation to your assistance and kindness.
I want you to also know that the heat of this crisis and the death of my
husband is still hot now in my Country and as such I will prefer you keep
this mail very confidential as to ensure that we successfully move the money
out of Africa first .
I will give you more details as soon as i recieve your prompt reply. For
more informations in relation to what I am telling you, please visit this
site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4737661.stm
Please we will like you to act fast so that upon successful conclusion of
this project you will help us to make arrengement to leave Sudan as our
lifes is still in danger in the hands of rebel soldiers.

Your faithfully,
Mrs Rebecca Garang.
Email add; rebecca_ga@myway.com


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