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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: lovelyn john <lovelyn_john002@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:36:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Please I Need Your Assistant



Dear One,
My name is lovelyn john, i know my massage may come to you as a surprise but please bear it with me please i have no other person to contact that is why i contact you for this assisatant which i believe you can handle perfactly due to the situation am into .To make it clear to you, my father was assansinated by my uncle just because of my father's wealth he had please i need your assistant am an orphan, i lost my parents during the political Rebel attack in my country since then i have been a lone with parents.

Not quiet long,i recieve a message from a bank which my late father do deposit his money that my late father made the deposition of money worth ($4.500,000America)which he deposited in a suspense account and he use my younger brother's name as the next of kin, eversince my father's family heard about the money in the bank they have make the life unbearable for me and my brother, unfortunately my brother died which the family doctor discovered it was food poison and i believe it was my late father's family that killed him and now they are seeking for my life in other to claim the money.

However,i explain the issue to our family doctor so has me to seek for a foreigh partner fast, that will help me to claim the money from the bank then transfer it into his account in his country to make an investment project that will benefit both parties then arrange for me to come over to his country to futher my education as i have suffered alot of set back eversince i lost my parent.Please, am too young as a girl to handle this transaction since i am just 20years old that is why i contacted you for this assistant

Please am ready to offer you 25% of this money as your own intrest and another 10% compensation on any expenses you may incur during this transfer.
i have been to the bank where this money is deposited and the bank director has promise to assist to proceed on this transfer as soon as i get foreigh partner that can stand as guardian of the money that the transaction will only take 7working day(seven days)once i provide a partner that will assist me in getting this money tranfered into his account in his country to make a lucrative business investment for me in his country then arrange for me to relocate to his country to futher my education.please reply me in time so that i can give you more detail such as the picture and the deposite certificate of the money.

Thanks
Expecting you soon
Lovelyn john




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