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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: "queen amina" <queenamina@email.bg>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:16:53 +0200
Subject: RE,THANKS





MY&nbsp; Dearest &nbsp;Good day and Compliments, I am writing this letter in
confidence believing that if it is the wish of God for you to help me and my
family, God almighty will bless and reward you abundantly.&nbsp;My family and
I are true Christians and worship's God truthfully. I got your contact address
from our Christians union office during my research on some one who could help
us.Firstly,I must introduce myself I am a University student&nbsp; by name
Queen Amina&nbsp; kadigbe&nbsp; and the name of my is ugo&nbsp;&nbsp; he is 15
years of age.&nbsp;I am 22 yrs old. I'd like any person who can be
caring,loving and home oriented.I will love to have a long-&nbsp;term
relationship with you and to know more about you.I would like to build up a
solid foundation with you in time coming if you can be able to help me in this
transaction. Well, my father died earlier three years ago and left my mother I
and my junior brother behind.&nbsp;He was the senate president of CONGO
KINSHASA&nbsp; who was poison to death few years ago, my&nbsp;&nbsp;
mother&nbsp; is totally down with sickness due to the death of my father.Me
and my brother where going through some of my father's documents and we saw a
deed of lodgement which my father&nbsp; made with a bank in Benin Republic,
the next country to&nbsp; KISSHAHA&nbsp; the amount on the deed of lodgement
is amounting to 10,500,000&nbsp; dollars&nbsp; Ten&nbsp; Million, Five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars) in one of the bank at Benin Republic, and I don't know
how and what I will do to invest this money somewhere in abroad, so that my
father's kindred will not take over what belongs to my father.&nbsp;However,
Me and my brother has try our best to pull out the&nbsp; fund , but the
attorney whom we call to help us told us that my father deposited the fund in
the bank for a foriegn partner, without the foreign partner being invovled, we
can pull out the fund from the bank, because the fund was deposited to be
transfered&nbsp; to a foreign country.I saw your contact which I strongly
believe that by the grace of God, you will help me secure and invest this
FundI hereby needs your help in securing the Fund and help us to invest it, I
and my brother we are ready to send you the deed of lodgement just as we
received your reply and also we will furnish you with more details on how you
can proceed.&nbsp;I am ready to offer you 30%&nbsp; 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 will strongly have
absolute control over.&nbsp;If you can handle this project sincerely and also
willing to assist me in lifting this fund,kindly reach me and I will let you
know the next step to take towards actualizing this transaction as quickly as
possible. Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free. &nbsp;I look
forward hearing from you soonest through my personal email
address:&nbsp;queenamina_2007@myway.com .for more clearifications.
&nbsp;&nbsp; Regards.&nbsp; Yours sincerely,&nbsp; QUEEN AMINA&nbsp; FOR THE
FAMILY.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;








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