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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: Joy Ray <joy_ray03@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrs_joyray@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:05:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?


Greetings in the name of the Almighty,

As you read this, I do not want you to feel sorry for me,because I believe everyone will die someday.

I am Mrs Joy Ray from Libya. I am married to Late Mr. Frank Ray of blessed memory who is an oil explorer in Libya and Kuwait for twelve years before he died in the year 2002. We were married for eighteen years without a child. He died after a brief illness. Since his death I too have been battling with esophageal cancer and have been in
the hospital for a very long time. It has defied all forms of medical
treatment, and right now I have about few months to live, according to
the medical experts. When my late Husband was alive he deposited a substantial amount of money in millions of dollars with a Deposit Company oversea.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business and wealth. Though i am very rich, i was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for.But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.
I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live

my life a different way from how I have lived it till date. Now that God is calling me, I have willed and shared most of my properties and assets to my ungrateful in-laws who wants me dead,including few close friends.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul, so I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth before Gods call. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.K, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has been deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.

once asked my in-laws to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit in millions of united states dollars that I have with a finance and trust Company. I would want you to help me collect this deposit on my behalf and distribute it to charity organizations in your country.

would want you to keep 10% of the funds to yourself and share the rest to charity organizations in your country. Reply this email as soon as possible even if you are not capable to handle this transaction on my behalf.

Any delay in your reply will give room in sourcing for an organization or a devoted Individual for this same purpose. Until I hear from you. My dreams will rest squarely on your shoulders.

My regards and Love to you and your family members.

God be with you,

Remain blessed.
MRS. JOY RAY.


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