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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: mrs debra <mrsdebra_12@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mrsdebrasolange@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:58:11 +0100
Subject: please beloved use this money to assist the less previllage and
orphan.



My name is Mrs. Debra Solange.,Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication.I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health. Please use this money as a compensation for you as to help the churches and less privileged. Greetings to you and your family in the name of God. In my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your contact through prayers and painstaking efforts I have decided to Compensate you in carrying out my last wishes. I'm a 65 years old woman and from london UK. I was a merchant and owned two businesses in London and Dubai. I was also married with two children. My husband and two children died in a car accident six years ago. Before this happened, my business and concern for making money was all I live for,I never really cared about other values in life. But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families.I have been helping orphans in phanage/motherless homes. I have also donated some money for humanitarian needs in Europe and Africa , Namely Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some Asian countries.Only recently I saw on television the colossal loss of properties and livelihood people in Canberra, Australia through fire. I was moving with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this contribution on assisting people over there,I am sending this compensation amount of US 500.000.00(Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to you through My Pastor In Africa Rev Ademola Kikina to send it to you as soon as you contacted him. Contact My Pastor Now For your Compensation on his contact infomations below: Rev.Ademola Kikina.Sinior Pastor Christ The Rock Ministry Cotonou Republic Of Benin. E-mail:revademola_kiki@yahoo.co.ukTel: 00229-93-98-08-39. Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for oesophagi cancer.I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few months to live..It is my last wish to see this Distributed to you as to help victims less previlaged and other charity organization. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me use this compensation money accordingly. Use your judgment to distribute the money and keep 10% of it to yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you incur during the process of collecting and distributing the money Regards. Mrs. Debra Solange.
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