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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: "rom_jones03christianity" <rom_jones03christianity@terra.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:04:35 -0400
Subject: From Romeo Jones






Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

Thanks for your response to my email and you willingness to help me and my sister, i am so grateful. Please i will want you to understand our situation better, it has been a very bitter story, from the death of our parents to the mal-treatment we have been receiving from our relatives who have been envious of our parents because they were not rich as my parents were, for just that reason they are hostile at us. Please this is real thing if you can be able to come down to this our country abidjan cote d'ivoire, so that I and you will go and meet with bank director face to face there you will see everything by your self you can stay here in our country and do the transfer then when the money its in your account in your country you can make arrangement for us here emmidiately in my country and travel along with us to your country I hope that will be better please can you come?

This money I am entrusting into your care is the only hope left for me and my little sister, the rest of my parents properties have been taken by our wicked uncle who is seeking our life. This money which is safely kept in the bank is our only joy and reason to be alive since you can understand the life here in cote d'ivoire is very hard. Before i give you details of the money and the bank were my late father deposited the money to enable you contact the bank for the transfer of the money into your account in your country. Then when the money its transferred into your account you make arrangement for I and my younger sister to come over your country to further our education, to invest the money in your advice and to live there with you in your country since nobody its taken care of us here in our country since the death of our parents. I promise to give you 20% of the total money when the money its transferred into your account then I come over your country to meet you.

Kindly tell me what you do for a living, about your family, if your are married how many children do you have? I just really want to know. Please in your reply to this email kindly include your photo contact phone/fax number, address of residence so that i can easily contact you and for me to have full trust in you that you will not let me down when the money its transferred into your account in your country. As soon as I hear from you I will send you the documents issued to my late father the day he made the deposit. The deposit slip, the agreedment my late father made with bank, that the money will be transferred abroad to his foreign partner and that was what he was trying to do before his sudden death. Its also the reason why I have contacted you in this manner to help me and transfer the money into your account in your country as my late father foreign partner abroad. And I will also send you the bank contact were the money was deposited by my late father so that you will contact the bank for the transfer of the money into your account in your country. Kindly call me so that we discuss in details +22508360693 I will be waiting to hear from you.

Thanks for your help and understanding and god bless.

Romeo Jones
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