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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: "Janet george" <janet_the_baby@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:17:59 +0000
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

Compliment of the day
It is understandable that you might be a little bit apprehensive because you do not know me. I had your address and your profile inspired me confidence and serenity, of by your tastes and your positive approach of the things…. Besides, if to the reading of this letter, if you arrived to doubt my sincerity please signal me or not to reply; for before all, conscious of disnonest spirits that invaded the net one,I must say that this suggestion has based itself on confidence and the frankness in mutual insurance company,
I'm janet georges 21 years old from LIBERIA the only dauther of late mr&mrss georges it happen that in the year 2004 my father and the former president of LIBERIA CHARLES TAYLOR are busness partner which he gave some money to my father to to keep for him "thirty eight million U.S Dollars''($38m U.S Dollars),that after the war he will collet it ,which my father kept in a tresure-box with a security company in ivory-coast (cote d' voire) and a week latter one-night i saw four hefty men that wolk into the palour and start asking my father ",shoutting were is the money ,give me the money ''lo i was in the kitchen before i heard them shotting ,"it was a really bad story '' ,
I have to ran out from the small door in the kitchen while they are after me
is only GOD almight that save me with the help of the ecomong solder by then
the war is going on,Before CHARLES TAYLOR's Exil in Nigeria.it was just
this year that my father lawyer come-across me were am working and said he has been looking for me for a long time that i should come with him ,And he shown me the whole Doccuments concerning all my father properties and the
deposite paper ,Is then i remeber that is because of this money they killed my
parent ,
And i have to go to the security company in ivory-coast to comfirm if the family tresure box is still with them ,the reply is "YES'' i was very happy, and latter go back to liberia and explane to my pastor,Which he said i should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this tresure box to and use the money in it for investment purpose, (such as
real estate management or hotelerie or supermarket.. )

Plesae am honourably seeking for your assistance in the following ways.

1)I want you to assist me to Transfer this Tresure box to your country.
2) To assist me get a resident permit to your country and also invest the money in the box,
Please i need your assistance for I am young lady and !!! I knows not really things that are necessary to do !!!BUT, despite, I launch offer calls or asks for your assistance,,,
This is the reason I want you to recognizant me and to stand as my father business partner to claim the tresure box and transfer it to your country ,And in this i will give you 25% of the money and 10% of the money for any expenditure you make on this during the transferring of the tresure-box, " is only you that i will contact '' In the case if you are interressé,let me know and I would tell you in which the security company is located and the documents to withdraw the money,
I COUNT ON YOU IN GOOD FAITH AND ON YOUR SERIOUSNESS AND I REMAIN AS I SAID..
THANK-YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY
Janet georges,



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