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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: "sarah.wake" <rebe_rgaw@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: sarah.wake@hotmail.fr
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 03:51:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Miss Sarah Wake



Miss Sarah Wake
Greetings,
I am Miss Sarah Wake from Sudan. I'm 20 years old, the only daughter of=A0 =
my Late parents Mr & Mrs Manga=A0 Wake. I want to ask for your help.I lost =
my mother at the age of 10 and my father was poisoned to death during his v=
isit to our home town plan by the rebles for not supporting the late V.Pers=
ident John Garang group for a family meeting 8 February 2006.Before the dea=
th of my late father he told me that he deposited the sum of USD 9.5 Millio=
n ollars,which my name was used as the next of kin . But due to the politic=
al crisis problem here and the reason behind my parents death I will not wi=
sh to stay here again for now.
Papa has 2 three story buildings=A0 and a 3 miles of Cotton=A0 plantation i=
n our village from where he made his money both as as producer and a produc=
e buyer but all has been confiscated by my late uncle who told me that if i=
should ask of my late father's properties=A0 again=A0 he will use the afri=
can witch craft to render me useless and make sure that he will infest me w=
ith a disease=A0 which i will never recover in life again.I am now staying =
with=A0 a=A0 Pastor in a village=A0 who happens to asisst me.According to o=
ur tradition when=A0 a=A0 man is about to give up in his sickness his immid=
iate brothers are=A0 called to be at his bed side=A0 and they ussually lock=
the door until when he gives up the ghost before they can come out to anno=
uce=A0 his pass away.It was during this period that uncle Micheal breaked h=
is personal cupboard and saw the documents=A0 of the buildings and the Cott=
on=A0 plantation farm land certificate.
Please i am asking for your kind assistance to help me transfer this fund t=
o your country so that i can join you=A0 to continue my education which is =
very important to me and also you can help me in investing the fund in a go=
od and moving business in your country and stay by my side to give me out f=
or marraige to whom i will love and you will give your blessings so as to b=
ring out kids to bear my late parents names
I am willing to offer you a good % . Contact me back if you are interested =
in assisting me,I need your full contact informations (Name,Address and tel=
ephone number) I will give you more details on how to bring fruitful of thi=
s transfer upon your immediate reply.For now i am in the house of the lord=
=A0 with prayers and melodies unto Him=20
Warmest Regards,
Miss Sarah Wake
PLEASE DO KINDLY EMAIL ME HERE=20
(dora.w@hotmail.fr)=0A=0A=0A _________________________________________=
_________________________=0AGet the name you've always wanted @ymail.com or=
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