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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: "miss jane" <jenetutazi@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jane05huoma@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:26:10 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

Good Day My Dearest One,
I am contacting you believing you are a honest and trustworthy person.I believe you will not betray the confidence. I am willing to repose in you , for me to have contacted you even though we've not meet before.
My name is Zandrine Jane William, the only daughter of late Mr. Bona William Buzimungu who was the chairman / President/Ceo,Cacao-Caf� & Agro-Alimentaire industrie Plc.(SCAFECAO)"Bouake" and ex-owner of Polyclinic
LA-MADONNE, of the Republic of Rwanda
On 19th of September 2002,a group of so called rebels took over the Hutu to over-throw the Government of Mr.Pasteur Bizimungu the President of Rwandese. On the next day morning at about 4:18am some fractions of the same group of rebels break into our house and killed our security guard and pass-through the gate entrance to the main building and took my father away to an un-known destination with my only brother.After about four hours later we found him (my father) at the road side, by then he had been totally beaten and was bleeding to death lying in the pool of his own blood. From there, we rushed him to a near by hospital and hours later he sent for my mother. So he told her that he can not make it from the doctors diagnosis, he also told her that it was because he (my father) was not from the hutus part of the country that he has been treated this way and also being a political activist.
And again he said he is suspecting some of his business partners for conspiracy and this sort of brutality. He also told my mother that he deposited a huge amount of money about US$ 5.8 million dollars(four million two hundred thousand us dollars only)in a Finance house and also told me where he kept the whole documents concerning this deposite that is made for investment purpose in the western world.
After some months,(my father) gave up the ghost.bt is not up to one year my mother also gave up to ghost too .after that period my uncle began to threath my life.Then with the help of the united nation peace keeping force, i escaped to Senegal,and now contacting you believing you are honest and trustworthy to help me to receive the money in your account for investment, I have decided in compensating you with 25%of the total amount for your kind gesture,if you will not like to get my hand into mariage.
Please do take your time to go through the mail,put consideration while reading it and get back to me so that I will simply introduce you to the Finance house where the fund are being kept now for onward transfer.I am waiting for your response. my email is this jane05nuom@yahoo.com <http://us.f586.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=zandrine_wbuna206@yahoo.com> Thanks and God bless.i will attarch my picture in your next mail to my mail box..have a nice day.jane05nuom@yahoo.com
Jane Zandrine.

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