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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: HELEN SMITH <helen.smith007@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:06:21 -0600 (CST)
Subject: permit me to reach you please



Good Day,

Kindly permit me to reach you through this medium i

got your contact through the internet while i was

desperately searching for a reliable foreigner who

can help my present predicament, first and foremost

i want to introduce myself to you,

my name is Helen Smith a 28 years old daughter of an

industrialist, known as Dr david Smith who willed properties

and fund to me without my knowledge untill the day of his death

when he called upon me and informed me following this

development being his favourite daugther among many

i was more favoured than the other children and being from

a polygamous home, jealousy arose amongst my family and now

they are after my life.

Before he died, he however informed me that he deposited certain amount

of money in a security company in my name.

Due to my present predicament, right now am not in a position to travel.

i need your assistance in helping me recieve

the amount is $15million usd in

your account and also your assistance in helping me

get a residence permit in your country

so that when the fund gets to your account i can come

over to invest in your country as i want

to start a new life abroad, you will also assist in

advising me on which line of investment i

can put my fund in. i will be glad if you can work

with me in actualising this goal For your

assistance i am hereby offering you 30% of the total

sum, i pray as you help me, we go along

way as friends, and bussines partners i look forward

to a long lasting relationship with you.

i would want you to contact me through this email: smith.helen11@yahoo.de

As soon as i hear from you,my lawyer

would send you all the necssary documents which you

would need to claim the fund on my behalf since i can

not be able to travel. but if you can not be able to travel to claim the fund,

the officials of the security company would contact you

hoping to hear from you soonest.

yours faithfully

Helen Smith



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