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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: happy rouee <happyrouee@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:53:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: THIS IS MY FULL LIFE STORY WITH LOVE AND TRUST





Hello Dear ,
I am more than happy in your reply to my mail. How are you this morning? How was your night hope fine.?. Mine is a little bit cold over here in Dakar Senegal.
In this camp we are only allowed to go out only on mondays and fridays of the weeks.Its just like one staying in the prison but and i hope by Gods grace i
will come out here soon.I don't have any relatives now whom I can go to all our relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person I have now is
Rev.Peter Jude. The Pastor is the pastor of the (Christ for all Churches) here in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel becaus the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women. The Pastors Email. (rvpeterjude@yahoo.com) Tel number is (+221-566 78 79) if you call and tell him that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel. As a refugee here i
don't have any right or privilledge to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country.I want to go back to my studies because i only
attended my first year before the traggic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place. Please listen to this,i have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter,because when he was
alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank in Europe which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $5.7m(Five Million Seven
Hundred Thousand US Dollars). So i will like you to help me transfer this money to
your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you.I kept this secret to
people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Revrend because he is like a father to me. So in the light of above i will like you to keep
it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it. Remember i am giving you all this
information due to the trust i deposed on you.I like honest and
understanding people,truthful and a man of vision,truth and hardworking.However i have a pic here for you i and i will send you more of my pics in my
next email My favourite language is english but our language is
french but i speak english very fluently.Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said i have alot to tell you. Have a nice day and think about me. Awaiting to hear from you soonest Oh my darling you are a very hamso man that i nave see in life thanks for this photo i will not lost it
Yours forever
happybaby


SWEET KISS
I LOVE YOU
MY LOVE IS FOR YOU
AND ONLY YOU
TAKE MY HAND
AND KISS ME
HAPPY

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