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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: "Miss Mary L.Chebe" <Godlead_me2ru@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: i.cankiss@thegolf.co.za
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 20:31:20 +0000
Subject:

"Hello Friend,

Compliment of the good new year my good friend, how are you and your business there hope all is well, if so let almighty God be gloryfied , and i have the feelings that this piece of mail will reach you in a perfect state of mind and in a better healthy condition.

I am also have the feeling that in today's world, neither race/ nationality nor religion will any longer posse a barrier to male/female relationship, and i also believe that truth of christianity/muslim world today is existing, although am a christian.

What i believe is love and honest, This is my first time in writing you, i have not doubt wether we can go further or not, but am strongly believe that, love can terminate in any part of the world wether black/white as far as there's love between the two agreed.
So i don't realy want to waste much time in this letter, I am Mary L.chebe from Rwanda central africa, am 37yrs old single never marry.

My intention for contacting you my dear is to solicit your help for a project which will be mutually beneficial to both of us after our corespondence for a marriage which i know is very nigh to us.

Though I know my decision for exposing this to you is to a large extent unconventional, but i like to explain my problem to you with trust and faith, that you will use your human feeling go through this problem am into, if its interest youto help.

Am taking a serious decision to ask you please for a help from you personaly, why because i have some money which my late father Deposited in (SGBS BANK) Dakar senegal.

My Father died 4years back and i have bein trying to get the money from the bank to overseas for investment but the bank says no that i should find some one trust worthy who will assist me transfer the money to his account since my plan is to travel overseas.

Dear, this problem is my secret and with trust and confidence that you wouldn't tell any body about this please, this is my personaly hope am pleading, keep secret for you alone. your immediate assistance is all i want from you to get the fund transfered to your account.

My dear, this is what am i can solve by my self, but they proberbly refused me because, am not in possition to get such money myself due to the law guide of the country does not allow a woman with such amount,($7.2million US Dollars) and that must be suspected as money
lundary.

For this reason, the bank security company now ask me to provide a man who will stand for me as my fiance before the account will be reactivate for transfer. Dearest, what ever the effort you can do to assist me, please try your best so that the fund will be retrieved
from the bank for immediate in your account for investment over there in your country.

Then after transfering the fund you now proccess for my traveling document, for me to meet you there and stay there with you, please dear mine, this is my presence hope now.

Dearest i don't want you to delay in your feedback, because in any delaying will give room in sourcing for another person or a devoted and some one with the fear of God, but i knew you wouldn't dissappoint me. So, am waiting now to hear from you, wether my dreams will
rest squarely on your Shoulders.

Looking forward to hear from you Darling, In any case please if you are
interested respond as soon,Thanks.

Yours Sincerely,
Mary Lukechebe




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