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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: juliette burle <julietteburle@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:27:25 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE.




Hello,


I'm Juliette Burle a Liberian and the only daughter of late chief John Burle, my father died as a result of the bullet injuries which he sustained during the political crisis that took place in my country Liberia he was a very dedicated political a activist untill his death.before my father died he instructed and confided in me as his only son about his business and secrecy. As a matter of fact, my late father gave me some documents bearing the name of a security company (Inter-con Security company Ltd.) in Accra the capital city of Ghana in west Africa, he told me that he deposited a huge amount of money ($50million United States Dollars) which he said he cleverly packaged in two sealed metalic trunk boxes and deposited it in the security company for safe keeping. This money is now lying at the vault of the security company.

After the death of my father i immediately flew to Accra- Ghana with the documents which he gave to me purposely to confirm the deposite of the money in the security company, which was true and genuine. The security company director also showed me the sealed metalic trunk boxe with an inscription on it "FAMILY TREASURE" my name was also being used as the next of kin in the deposit form. However,my late father told me before he died that he cleverly packaged the money[US$50M USD] in a sealed metalic trunk boxes and told the security company officials that it contained works of art. This he said he did in order to conceal the money from being detected.

After i confirmed the existence and genuinty of the money in the security company, I then decided to search for a foreign partner who is honest and has the fear of God in him/her that can assist me in receiving this money (US$50M USD) abroad, and who will equally not sidetrack me when the money gets to his/her possession. On completion of this transaction, I will offer the person 15% of the total sum for his/her assistance and 5% also for any expenses that may be incured during the transaction. I will also come over to my partner's country as soon as the money is been delivered to him/her so that we can both be able to put our heads together to invest part of the money into any profitable business, There is no risk involved in this transaction.

I will forward to you all the documents that was issued to my late father at the security company when he went to make the deposite, the documents covering this transaction are:CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT, CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP and CONTRACT BOND/AGREEMENT for verification before the transaction commences.Please also send me your direct telephone numbers for easy communication and confidentiality in this transaction.i'm in anticipation to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God bless you.
Juliette Burle..


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