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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: "feliciallady@terra.es" <feliciallady@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:01:18 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


I am Mrs Felicial George from London U.K,the wife of late Mr Mac George. My late husband was the chairman of all the Texaco petroleum oil companies in our country. On 13 june 2000, My husband traveled for a meeting, on his way to the meeting he had a fatal accident and was taken to hospital.

Four days before he died on 17 of june 2001, he called me in his sick bed and told me that he deposited Two metallic boxes in a security save company As family treasure A Gold and Diamond in Belgium . But according to my late husband, the content of the box is $24million us Dollars cash in the boxes which the security save house did not know that the contents of the two metallic boxes contains money.

Then after my late husband burial ceremony is over,I felt sick and was rushed to hospital and the doctor narrated to me that i had kidney problem. As you can see i had only son child in my life to live with,then i spend all the money i have in my late husband burial.

My dear all i had in my mind is to invest this money in your country so that immediately the money goes into your custody,then we will share the money as promise,and i will use my own share to save my life and purchase a living house in your country to enable my son to live there all the days of his life.

Also he gave me the documentations which he used in depositing the boxes with the security Save company in Belgium.He advised me to look for someone that will help me to transfer the boxes out of Belgium to any other country for an investment. He equally told me on how he made that money, he used his position in the office as the chairman of all the Texaco petroleum oil company, and increase the price of petrol that was how he made the money.
Besides, he told me that he don't want the board of directors to know that he made that money out of increasing the price of petrol, that was why he kept it in security save company. please kindly help me to transfer the box of money out of Belgium. I have mapped out 30% of the money for your good help.
I want the money to be shared as followed.
1] 30% of the money is for your good help.
2] 5% will be for any expenses that will occur in transferring the money out of Belgium
3] we will give 5% to the motherless babies home.
4] 60% will be for my family.

I will travel down to your country with my only son to see you
when the money will be transfered to your country for sharing according to the percentage.
Please after sharing the money, you will help me to invest some part of the money in your country with the name of my son.Then it is vital that you will be issued all the necessary vital legal documents backing this transaction,and the view photograph of this money us$24million which my late husband gave me,before he died. And also i will send all the detail information on how we will transfer the money to you with the help of my family lawyer that we help us. i am waiting to hear from you soon.

Kindest Regards.

Name: Mrs. FELICIAL GEORGE
Occupation: A mid wife Nurse
Martial status: only son{John George}
Age:48YRS OLD






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