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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:53:17 +0200
Subject: From Mrs. Rebecca Garang.


From Mrs. Rebecca Garang.
Khartoum Sudan.

Greetings in the name of the most high GOD. The source through which I got
your contact gave me the confidence to reach you. I am Mrs. Rebecca Garang
the widow of late John Garang who was untill his death the vice president
of Sudan in Africa. In brief, my late husband was a strong opposition for
over 20yrs untill he was appointed the vice president on the 9th of July
2005 by the United Nations Peace Team as an avenue to quench the 20yrs
civilwar in Sudan. He died on the 31st of July 2005 following a helicopter
crash along side with 12 others just 22days after his appointment as the
vice president. What led to the helicopter crashis still unclear but Iknow
that my husband was the target.

Please what you are about tohear is TOP SECRERT, For more informations in
relation to what I am telling you I will want you to check this site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4737661.stm

I am understrict surveillance by the Sudan government as you may know and
all my in and out going phone calls are systematically monitored. Please
permitme to go into details. After the death of my husband that culminated
toa chaotic atmosphere that resulted to a one-week civil disturbances and
ethnic violence in Sudan, Just few days ago as I am are making arrangements
to mark my late husband's annull remembrance this monthend, I conducted a
search in his secret underground vault right inside the family house which
hasn't been accessed since his death, I made some interesting discoveries,
bank documents of $2.5Million dollars deposited in a Swiss bank, documents
of some landed properties located in the heart of Ugandan capital Kampala
and a cash deposit of(5.1 Million Pounds Starling) deposited with a bank in
London United-Kingdom.

Unfortunately the Swiss account has been shut down. I will explain more
when I call you on phone. My aim of contacting you is to nominate you as
the beneficiary of this deposit with the bank in London UK for the transfer
of this money to your account, which i intend to invest in alucrative
business in your country only If this offer is acceptable by you notify me
immediately with your full contact details to enable me reach you for more
discussions.

Be informed that your reward for this assistance is negotiable.

Be advised to send your reply to my private e'mail (mrsrang_007@yahoo.fr)

Remain blessed,
Mrs. Rebecca Garang

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