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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: nene phillipe <nenephillipebs7@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:18:01 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Good day and Compliments From Nene Phillipe.


Good day and Compliments,

I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the will of God for you to help me and my family, God will bless and reward you abundantly for your kindness. My family and I are true Christians.

My name is Nene Phillipe and I am 21 yrs old. I'd like any person who can be carring, loving and home oriented. I will like to have a long-term business relationship with you on behalf of my family and also to know more about you. I would like you to help me and my family to build up a solid business foundation in future if you can be of any help to us.

Well, my father died some months ago and he was before his untimely death the chairman, Oil & Gas Workers Union. I hereby seek for your assistance to help us secure the amount he deposited in the security company hence my uncle's went as much as to desired and claimed my fathers property in their posession as well into the future regarded as a possible danger to our live unfortunately my mother is not literate to handle this matter and the fear is in her face, it seems we stand to loose the money if help did not come urgently.

My father before he died, deposited the sum US$12,350,000.00 dollars (TWELVE ILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in the security company here is Abidjan I want you to secure this money on my behalf and also help us to invest it in a good project abroad, so that my father's brother will not take advantage of my fathers death to claim the money as they are planning to do so. I am a female and the elders, i am not entitle to my fathers wealth as custom demand and i do not wish to see my brother fooled from what belongs to him in a greedy fashion beliving that my uncles meant well to handle the money for him.

I thereby need your help in bringing the money out from where my father deposited it, based on your reply I will furnish you with more details on how we can proceed, I and my mother and my only brother Albert are willing and very ready to pay 10% of the total amount to you if you help us in securing this money and another 10% interest of Annual Income to you, for handling this business for us, which you are to control. If you can sincerely help us, We shall be very willing to invest the money to your company or as you may directed.Please I will like you to send email through this my email address (nenephillipebs7@yahoo.ca )Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free and Thank you in preparation for your recognition of this letter.

Yours sincerely,
Nene Phillipe.



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