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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: <femininejhnsn02@mysinamail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 23:19:57 +0800
Subject: Good day my dear,

Good day my dear,



my name is Feminine Johnson, I am writing from Ivory Coast. I guess I,m writing to somebody who has education of the heart, that is, effective domain, and a person who might decide to carryout one,s problem to a standard solution, if I may use that word. I thank God who made it like this today, but what I know is that, there is nothing I can not master with the help of the one who gives me strength.
So my dear, I must say that I am from a wealthy and reputable background; but unfortunately I lost my beloved parents when I was only 16 years of age but before the death of my parents occurred, there was a kind of family cycle we normally had at least every end of the month. As the only son of my parents, my father explained everything to me as if he saw their death coming. he also told me about a huge amount of money he deposited to the Global security company here in Abidjan west Africa. After all sets and done, I realized that, that particular money my father deposited was meant for my bright future.
But the issue there is a good person that will assist me to claim the 10.5 million U.S dollars, Ten million five hundred thousand U.S dollars. I want you to assist me to pull out this money so that you will use that money to invest in any good business that will be yielding interest there in your country. The only thing I know is, the man behind the machine is more important than the machine. I am here writing to plead with you for your capable and reliable assistance in handling this transaction and also want you to assure me that you will not lie to me in any giving time so that I can be able to come over to your country and continue with my studies because this particular transaction might develop a relationship between us at the end.
I wait to welcome your reply as earlier as possible, thanks a million times and God bless you.
Yours sincerely
Feminine Johnson
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