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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 Gloria Neves <aqarahuq@bangla.net> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:19:20 +0000
Subject: Please,For your kindness


Please,For your kindness


I write you this Business invitation directly based on my personal confidence
on
you after I got your email on the Internet. I am Miss Gloria Aurelio, 22 years
old, a citizen of Cape Verde Island . I am the only child of my late parents
Mr. and Mrs. David Aurelio who died in 26th December, 2003 on the Benin
Republic plane crash. I write you to seek your care and to further my education
in your country. I am a secondary school graduate and wish to complete my
education at the University level.


In my community, women are forbidden to partake in the Will or estate of their
parents. They are married off to any man of their choice. That was my case. I
was married off to a man with three wives already. The man is 32 years older
than me. The man I was married to, associated with my relatives and sold my
father's assets, and shared the fund amongst them. When I complained, I got all
forms of abuse for answers. None of my relatives did anything positive to help
me. I was fast losing my life until one good old man and with a help of police
officer rescued me and helped me got divorced from Court. And my relatives
insisted I continue the marriage. I refused to stay back and listen to them.


Six Months after my divorce, my late parents attorney in Benin Republic
contacted me for a contract payment which is due to my late father. My late
father was a civil engineer who handled several Road and Bridge constructions
for Benin Republic Government. It was during the contract completion period
that my father died in the same country in a plane crash in the company of my
mother. When I visited Benin Republic , my late father's attorney took me to
the Government house where all the contract papers were confirmed. The total
contract sum was $29.400 million U.S dollars. U.S $27.400 million was paid to
my late father as mobilization while $2.400 million is the sum to be paid to us
now. The laws of my state in Cape Verde Island forbid a woman from inheriting
her late father's wealth. My father has no male child, and I cannot contact my
relatives for the money. If I contact them for this money, I will be at losing
end. I will still remain poor. I want us
to Associate together, get the fund transferred to your country, and
afterward,
I will come to stay with you to further my education and start a new life. We
will invest together, and percentage will allocate to you on our mutual
agreement.



Hoping on your advice.


Thanks.
+22998424966
E-mail: gloria_neves@e-mail.cz
Gloria.





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