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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: <Jessica1@anpmall.net>
Reply-To: <jessica_cudestro@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:43:36 +0930
Subject: Urgent Assistance Needed.

Dearest One,

I am Jessica Cudestro daughter of Mr Richard Cudestro from Iraq,but lives in scotland. The owner of Curex oil Company. I am 17 Years old and an undergraduate of English. My Father was one of the largest oil Producers/refiners from Iraq. He was in charge of Receiving Royalties/Benefits from the Multi-national oil Companies and government on behalf of the Oil Producing states in Iraq.

After the hanging and killings of his congressmen for speaking out against the environmental and ecological effects. My father suffered Stroke and eventually he died in october 31st 2005. But before his death, he called me secretly and told me in confidence that he has the sum of sixty eight Million Nine Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars (USD 68, 930,000.00) deposited, with one of the leading banks in the Scotland.

He advised me not to tell anybody except my mother who is the last wife of the (3) Two wives that he married. My mother did not bear any male child for him. This implies that in all my fathers’ properties, companies’ e.t.c, we have no share in them because my mother has No Male child according to Iraqian Tradition. My father therefore secretly gave me all the relevant Documents regarding the said money deposited in the bank, and told me that I should use this money with my mother and my younger sisters because he knows that traditionally, if he dies we cannot get anything, as inheritance. Though my beloved mother died last year, she suffered brain fague due to the humiliation we suffered from the entire family members.

Please bear with me that I don't hear clearly, but we can still arrange for the transfer. He importantly advised me that I should seek foreign assistance and that I should not invest this money here in scotland or Iraq because of his other wives and male children who happen to be my elders. Hence, I am soliciting for your immediate assistance to enable us MOVE this money from the bank here to you if you can promise to be Reliable and Trustworthy because they might get the information of this money in the Bank. Then once the money gets to your account/hands, you will first procure an apartment for us wherein we will live with my two younger sisters and Further advise me where and how I will invest the balance money overseas, possibly on products of your Company and other profitable ventures.

I believe that by the special grace of God, you will help us move this money out of the Scotland to any country of your Choice where we can invest this money judiciously with you. You are entitled to a reasonable part of this money based on our agreement, and God will bless you richly as you help us.

Please reply through my e-mail looking forward to hear from you as soon as possible. I will tell you more about this when you reply. Please if you are not interested let me know, keep this to yourself and delete, please for our security reasons.

Best regard,

Jessica Cudestro.


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