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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: kusnawati Tri <trikusnawati003@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <trikusnawati@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:32:33 +0700
Subject: To whom it may concern....



Dear,How are you? With hope that you and your family are fine. I know this letter will come to you as a surprise; i just hope and pray that you will understand and be of assistance to me. The story of my life is so sad, but i am hoping you can bring back joy, love and affection back into my life.I am Miss Tri Kusnawati, from Indonesia. I lost my parents and all my family in the Tsunami Disaster, 26Th Dec. 2004. It’s difficult to forget this day in my life. I am the only survivor in my family because i was away to college in Jakarta when it happened. Since then i have tried to live on my own, without anybody to call my family, each day of my life i face lotof trauma. I don't want to tell you so much about my life story because you never caused my predicament, but just need you to help me relocate my trust fund which my late father kept for me in a safe deposit with a FINANCE company here in Jakarta.The amount involved is $2.7 Million Dollars. I want you to help me contact the company in Jakarta, that you are my late father's associate, so that the safe deposit can be release to you. I don't have any experience to manage this sum of money.Please help me to be my investment manager to make this money useful tome, so that i can have hope for good future, continue my education and live a normal life again. You can have 30% of this, while i have 70% in our joint investments. I want to move out of Indonesia as quickly as possible to meet with you after you have received the fund, because each day i live in trauma and fear of another possible Tsunami. Please dear friend, i trust in you do not abandon me in this my situation. Help me now. I hope to get your reply. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you the detail and how the business will be executed, your immediate response and cooperation is highly appreciated with lots of love.Regards,
Tri Kusnawati
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