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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: "queen shiela" <queen_shiela3@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:43:48 +0200
Subject: reply urgently

ATTENTION: SIR,

 

I'm very sorry to bother you with my E-mail. But I want you to understand that I truly need your assistance to this great offer I'm offering you from the source of my mind. Before anything I want use this opportunity to introduce myself.

 

My name is   Queen Shiela, I am 21 years old from South Africa, where I school and work as a tailor. I am the only daughter of my parents. My father died on a fatal motor accident on the 6th March 2004, on his way to see my sick mother at hospital where she was admitted for Cancer treatments, she also gave up when she heard about the news of the death of my father in same day and hospital where she was (Kings Hospital her in the  [South Africa), may their gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

 

Before the death of my father, he had willed part of his Real Estate  and the total amounts of The total amount in this account is $16.1m { sixtheen  million one  hundred thousand USD] to me.

 

Now at his death, and because things have become very hard for me paying my school fees and taking care of my other needs which the tailoring job I do as a part time after my school couldn't help, so, I went to our Bank where this money was deposited.

 

I was shocked when the Manager of the Bank explained to me that I will  not be able to draw from the money, because my father had put a clause  on the will, saying that before I will be given access to the money, I  will either have to be 27 years old orabove, or I will be given access  to the money, if I get married before the age of 27 years, in which  case, my husband will be legible to collect the money on my behalf.

 

But today I am only 21 years. And I have no access to the money till I'm 27 years which is the more reason why I am contacting you to stand as  my husband to claim this money on my behalf as a next of kin to my late father with the Bank, If I can trust you, I will need your assistance in this regard please. I will want you to stand in as my own husband even if you are married already you can still claim this money on my behalf because I will provide all necessary documentation of my late father and  My father law  will also  make a marriage certificate between you and I to show the Bank that  we're legally married before the Johannesburg High Court here in South African .

 

As soon as I hear from you I will send you the Bank Managers contact information, so you can contact him and demand the payment of your wife’s money to you. I will follow it up from here, providing him with the necessary marriage certificate and other documents, to authenticate our Union. Should you be interested in helping me, please write back to me.

 

I hope that we shall discuss how you want remunerated when you get back to me. For my part, I shall be more than willing to part with 35% of the total sum to you while 10% will be mapped out for any expenses to  receive the money from the Bank where this was deposited that is to let  you know that you will help me both financially and with your honest mind  to enable me get the necessary documents that would back this deal.

 

Please remember that I am writing you this email purely on the ground of trust. While this transaction last, we must be able to put emotions aside and face it,I will be waiting to hear from you.

 

Yours Truly,

Queen Shiela

queen_shiela@hotmail.com

 




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