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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: "Miss Miss Janeth Richard" <janeth_richard2007@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:12:17 +0100
Subject: From Miss Janeth Richard

Dear sir,
Please i want you to know that my late father,may his soul rest in perfect peace,he left some deposit for me in a finance firm in senegal and the company had instructed me to present to them my partner who will receive it for me as it's an agreement they signed with my late father in order not to mismanage it, please save my life i wish you are here to see what am passing through since last month, sir know that they dont give me good attention at refugees camp i pray that soon i will join you i know that the God Almighty will reward you as you help restore my joy back. i have no hope again apart from you,
Please i want you to know that a journey of a thousand miles begings with a step, i want you to know that before i came across your contact the spirit in me assured me that you will never betray me as the deposit reach your position. while searching for a reliable person who will stand as my partner,one who will not betray me. Sir,i want you to know that my involvement with you will never be in vain or for you to regret it,as every investment of the funds will be under your care and directives as i have never do any business or investment,
i assure you that we shall be a partner that people will ask how comes or when did we start that things had started to go well for us, Please assist me from the bottom of your mind
please once you accept to work with me i will furnish you contact f the firm for discussions. so that they can do everything . Please help me conduct everything properly because it's only thing left for my survival.
­I wait to hear from you soon.

Yours Sincerely
Janeth Richard,


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