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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: "Mrs. Ganeshwary Ajith Kumar" <gajith.kumar16@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <gajith.kumar99@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:57:54 +0000
Subject: From Mrs. Kumar



Dear Beloved,

I am Mrs.Ganeshwary Ajith Kumar from the war torn district of Jaffna in Sri Lanka{which i suppose you know about} with my 6 year old son. I am married to a contractor here who happened to loose his life in the war zone because he is opposed to the rebel group. Since the death of my husband and my 15 year old daughter things have not been the same.
We managed to get ourselves in the Chavakachcheri division of Jaffna peninsula where we have been in a camp with more or less to eat and drink. I have been making some arrangement to leave here with my son and relocate to another country but it is not easy because i have no money with me. I have a consignment which contains cash and other valuables that my late husband always told me about that he deposited in a security firm in Europe which i will require your assistance to get so that i could make haste and leave this war torn zone. I really need the content of this consignment because for you to get out of here safely you have to pay heavy money to the rebels so that they will guide you safely to a safe zone and i have nothing on me to do that that is why i contacted you to assist me get the consignment so that i could make arrangements to leave this place.
At the moment my only means of communication is through my laptop which i have with me here {because there is free internet connection around here} We are afraid of leaving this camp because of constant shelling and fighting outside. Please i will like you to assist me to have a safe and better life and also for many more others that are here whom i want to help get out of here too. Please i will like you to know that i am very willing to give to you 10% of the fund that is inside the package for your help to me and also use 5% of the fund to settle any expenses that you might make in the process of getting the package.
I will inform you more when i hear from you.
God BlessMrs. Ganeshwary Ajith Kumar
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