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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: "Calista Alhorria" <calista_alhorria@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: calista_2007@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 17:33:21 +0200
Subject: Dear sweet heart

Dear sweet heart
My name is Calista Alhorria,i am 25yrs old lady who wants to love and be loved but age doesn't matter in a real relationship.I have grown to understand that the road to a successful relationship is bumpy but with honesty and understanding,love and dedication to the one I call mine,the journey will not be hectick so i am confortable with your contact,I am from Darfur-Sudan,I am,5.7ft tall,fair in complexion single,(never married).
I am contacting for a long term relationship with a family oriented person to take care of my affairs and inheritance with the intentions of establishing a family where childreen will grow to be happy in the future.
I am sorry to tell you about my bad present situation that since the death of my parents i have seen hell.it was in september last year that secound wife to our late father came with a friend of our late father claiming that my father left some funds for the family that why should i want to take the whole funds for only me and my jenior brother? without share the funds with her.you see,there is no how i can share my own inheritance with them i told them that i knew nothing about what she is talking about;I also made a friend to my late father she came with to know that my late father did not left any money to only his first wife neither deposited any money in any country because my late father warmed me after lost my mother,his frist wife that i should not let the secound wife know about the funds he secrectly deposited for me and my jenior ones to come due to his secound wife a wicked someone he even regrect why married her in the first place.
I even let the friend to my late father know that upon she have sold our late fathers houses to one Mr Olson steven from united states and enjoy the money with her childreen only thought that i know not and still come to ask of document for the funds deposited by my late father it is a long story my sweet heart.
It was why we escaped by the help of Red cross team that brought us to Senegal after disputing with them.i meet a Rev.pastor Chris agu i told him about my life and about the money my late father deposited in a access holding company here in Senegal,he asked me of the deposit certificate and i gave it to him,he has been take care me and my jenior brother for our feeding and he is like a father to us,before writing you i told him ,he is the Head of all pastors of our church in the refugee camp he is friendly with us and he is the only person know in and out about me and my jenior brother.
I have decided and willing to share my love for you only which i have never share with anybody together with the funds($750.00 us dollars i inherite from my late father to suport you use to bulds up your business and for family good living.
Based on your assusrance that you will not neither take the money all by yourself and leave me here in Dakar Senegal to die of hunger or later refuse to arrenge on how i will come over and stay with you as agreed and continue my life and education.
My choosing you is a question i knew you must ask and i think it is a good question.i have two reasons for choosing you, i choosed you because it is the will of God and i believe knowing you will bring hope back again to my life.
My choosing you does not mean i cannot not have smebody from africa due to fear of my uncles relatives to know my whereabout they doesn't like my progress due to they were not in good faith with my parents it is why they wanted to sized me in order to forse me to talk where my late father kept his documents left before his death for them to collect the funds enjoy with their wives and childreen in order to useless me to hell it was why i choose to leave from Africa intirely.
As i am writing you this message,i believe that it is the will of God and i would like you to send your new pics so that i can as well send you mine.
waiting to here from you soon and have a wonlderfull day.
Thanks.
Yours Truly Love
Calista




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