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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: information@note7.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 21:01:58 +0100 (CET)
Subject: MY EXPERIENCE IN LIFE AS AN ORPHAN


MY EXPERIENCE IN LIFE AS AN ORPHAN

My name is CAMILLA EGOBIAWA. I lived with my presents in South Africa with my kid brother Michael. I was 16 yrs old when my parents died.
Dad was a flight captain (Pilot) in South African airways and my mom was senior Nurse in a hopital.
We all lived as a happy family before death parted our happiness.
My mother fall sick and was later dicovered that she was HIV positive,she could not bear it and died within a short period.My Dad was also found positive but could not leave us on noticed like our mother.
Before my father died,on his sick bed non of his people were comming to him for assistance instead they cruelly took posession of his visible assets like cars and houses living notting for us and little did they know that my father had made a cash deposit 19 million US dollars and 700,000 south african Rands in a security company which he made from some of his properties he sold before.
When my father died non of our uncles and aunts could take care of us,instead they call us names,they avoided us and said we had also thesame infection.we were left to die like our parents,but GOD never allowed it to be so.We all grew up with the help of a REV. SISTER in a catholic church who helped to see for the complettion of my secondary and university education.I grew up in the catholic convent as an orphan.

Now that I have graduated from the university,and I have also decided to invest the money in your country or any other place saffer than africa for political and security reasons in some areas:

1). Telecommunication
2). The Transport Industry
3). Five Star Hotel
4). Real Eastate

I am contacting you to meet me and receive this trunk box from the security company and take it to your country for investment.I will also want you to arrange for me and my younger brother to come over to your country after you have received the box.
Although i have not met you before,but i still believe that with you status and experience in business venture i will never regret knowing or doing things with you.
NOTE...No body knows the content of the trunk box even the security company that has it in their posession.
Always make your corresponce to my personal email id.....
camillashome@dominican.cc

Please note that in the ophanage homes,your financial assistance does not neccesary needed sometimes but your presence.we needed people from outside to visit us tell us sweet stories and also shear some ideas.
like me I surfered depreation throughout. Once a loved child became dejected within a short time.

Thanks for your understanding.


Camilla
camillashome@dominican.cc

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