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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: rg1 rg <rg2006_1@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: mrs_rebe07@hotmail.fr
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:20:22 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Mrs. Rebecca Garang.


From Mrs. Rebecca Garang.


ATTN
Greetings in the name of the most high GOD. The source through which I got your contact gave me the confidence to reach you. I am Mrs. Rebecca Garang the widow of late John Garang who was untill his death the vice president of Sudan in Africa.
In brief, my late husband was a strong opposition for over 20yrs untill he was appointed the vice president on the 9th of July 2005 by the United Nations Peace Team as an avenue to quench the 20yrs civil war in Sudan. He died on the 31st of July 2005 following a helicopter crash alongside with 12 others just 22days after his appointment as the vice president. What led
to the helicopter crash is still unclear but I know that my husband was the target.
I was a muslim untill I was converted to Christian on the 5th of January 1995 and since then I have seen the true light in the Almighty JESUS CHRIST.
But what I needed from you now is for you to assure me I mean to give me a very good assurance that you will never in life betray me because I will like to hand everything to you so that I will have rest of mind and know that my consignment is safe with a honest person,I am under strict surveillance by the Sudan government as you may know and all my in and out going phone calls are systematically monitored. Please what you are about to hear is TOP SECRET! and also I want you to make sure that this consignment will leave this country immediately this week so that you will put it into a very good joint investment and according to the news i gathered this country will be having their election and already they are having political crisis all the foreigners and foreign investor in Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) are leaving the country so you have to respond to this mail immediately for me to give you the contact of the security company and also instruct you how to contact them.
For more informations in relation to what I am telling you I will want you to check on this site :http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4737661.stm
The president Umar al-BASHIR and his cohorts are doing everything possible to dispossess all my late husband's properties and I am doing all it takes to safeguard the ones that are within my reach now. Please permit me to go into details. After the death of my husband that culminated to a chaotic atmosphere that resulted to a one-week civil disturbances and ethnic violence in Sudan, I have had several death threat and I must confess to you that life has not been the same like when DeMabior was alive. Just few days ago as I am are making arrangements to mark my late husband's first year remembrance this month end, I conducted a search in his secret underground vault right inside the family house which hasn't been accessed since his death, I made some interesting discoveries, bank documents of $4.5Million dollar deposited in a swiss bank in , documents of some landed properties located in the heart of Ugandan capital Kampala and a cash deposit of $8.5Million dollar contained
in a trunk box registered as family valuables in a Safe Deposit House (Security Company) in Abidjan capital of Cote d’Ivoire in west Africa.Unfortunately the Swiss account has been shutdown.
I am in contact with the safe deposit company in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire and they have confirm that the deposit is in their custody. As the next of kin to my late husband as declared in the certificate of deposit, I deserves the legal right to benefit the deposit or nominate a TRUSTEE/BENEFICIARY. Prior to my contact with you, I have informed the security company that I will send and AUTHORIZATION LETTER to the company for my partner to come forward for the claim of the deposit.
Please , I am reposing a high level confidence on you believing that you will not let me down. I am making an exceptional OFFER to you to be my nominated trustee/beneficiary of this deposit. If this offer is acceptable by you notify me immediately to enable me forward you with the full contacts of the security company in Abidjan capital of Cote d'Ivoire (IVORY COAST) and every other necessary information needed for the release of this deposit. The security company has diplomatic immunity, which will permit them to transport/deliver the box to you to any safe environment.
Your words really touched me and I am highly re-comforted. Thank you and God bless you. It is my desire to invest greater part with you .
Be informed that your reward for this assistance is negotiable ,Please kindly permit me to have your direct telephone numbers to enable me contact for better explanations,and also please kindly send your full contact details tel / fax .
Remain blessed in the Lord.

Mrs. Rebecca Garang.
Khartoum Sudan


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