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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: jennet John <jennet_john23@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:44:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HONEY THIS IS MY FULL LIFE STORY WITH LOVE AND TRUST.PLEASE CALL ME.


Hello My Dear

How
are you today? I am more than happy in your reply which i told you to
contact me.and How was your days? Mine, well i thank God for keeping me
till this moment here in Dakar Senegal.My name is Jennet John i am 23
yaes from Ivory Coast in West Africa and presently i am residing in the ref=
ugee camp here in dakar as a result of the civil war going on in my country=
, please don't be discoraged for hearing this.My
late father Dr James John=A0 was the personal advicer to the former head
of state (Late Dr Robert Guei) before the rebels attacked our house one
early morning and killed my mother and my father.It was only me is
alive now and i managed to make out way to a near by country Senegal
where i am leaving now.



We
don't have any relatives now whom we can go to all our relatives ran
away in the middle of the war the only person we have now is Rev.John
Peter=A0 who is the pastor of the (Christ for all Churches) here in the
camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living
with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel because the camp
have two hostels one for men the other for women.

The Pastors Tel number is (+221-768-437-087
) i will like you to call me today or any day you like to call me if
you call tell the Rev Pastor John Peter=A0 that you want to speak with me
he will send for me in the hostel.

As
a refugee here i don't have any right or privilledge to any thing be it
money or whatever because it is against the law of this country.I want
to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before
the traggic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took
place.



Please
listen to this,i have my late father's statement of account and death
certificate here with me which i will send to you latter,because when
he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank in Europe =
which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $9.7M(Ni=
ne Million seven Hundred Thousand Dollars).So
i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from
it you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and
air ticket to come over to meet with you.I kept this secret to people
in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Revrend
because he is like a father to me.So
in the light of above i will like you to keep it to=A0 yourself and don't
tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if
people gets to know about it.Remember i am giving you all this information =
due to the trust i deposed on
you.I like honest and understanding people,truthful and a man of vision,tr=
uth and hardworking.My
favourite language is English but our language is French but i speak
English very fluently.Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said
i have alot to tell you.

Have a nice day and think about me.

Awaiting to hear from you soonest.

Yours in love.

Miss Jennet.









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