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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: =?UTF-8?Q?kristof.1984?= <kristof.1984@tlen.pl>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:09:38 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?NEXT_SCUM_Lagos?=


(all mail were sent from - vanessamby20@yahoo.com)

1st mail:

Hello,

Friendship is not only because of feelings or what we have but because
of understanding,sharing and caring. friendship does not think distance,age
or even colour. friendship is not just playing or chatting with each other.
but friendship is hearing each others voice from the heart. A friend is a gift
from God. someone who will cares as much as i do.i have read your profile and
i became interested in you and i will like to know you more,i am miss
Vanessa,i want to be your friend

please mail on (vanessamby20@yahoo.com) then i will send you my picture and
as well tell you more about me.

hope to hear from you soonest.

Thanks Vanessa.

(SENT FROM IP: 41.214.96.86)

2nd mail with photo:

Dearest kris
How are you today?. I believe that you are doing well. Am glad you replied.
My name is Miss Vanessa Patrick Mbaye from Ivory Coast in West Africa. Presently i am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal a result of the civil war going on in my country.
I am 25 years old girl 5'8" tall. My father Dr COL Patrick Mbaye was the personal adviser to the former head of state(Late Dr Robert Guei)before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed him alongside with my mother. Am the only one left now and i managed to make my way to a near by country Senegal where i am living now. Please I will like to know more about you,Your likes and dislikes and what you are doing presently. I will tell you more about myself in my next mail.
Yours miss Vanessa.


3rd mail:

My dear, kris
How are you today hope all is well? mine is a little bit hot over here in Dakar Senegal. Hope life treats you good. i am happy to have you write back. Just like i told you in my first mail that I'm from ivory coast, but due to the war in my country, that cost the dead of my father and my mother which made me to stay hear as a refugee.
my condition here is terrible It's just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon. i don't have any relatives now whom i can go to,all our relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is Reverend father Daniel Burke,who is the Reverend father of the (St.Paul Catholic Church) here in the camp,he has been very nice to me since I came here but i am not living with him rather I'm leaving in the women's hostel(in the camp) because here they have two hostels one for the men the other for women. The Reverend father 's Tel. number is (00221-767420600) if you call and tell him that you want to speak with me,he will send for me in the hostel because of my condition here i don't have any right or privilege to some things,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 tragic 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 (as next of kin) here with me.
because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank in united kingdom which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $5.6m(Five Million six Hundred Thousand Dollars).
All i need now is someone to help me see that the money is transferred to a good account and also to make arrangement on how i will come over and continue my life and education.
I have two uncles,that is my late father's junior brothers whom i think are suppose to be taking care of me but they do not care,all they did was to sell my late father's houses and company to one Mr Olson Steven from united states and enjoy the money with their wives.
I wanted to tell Olson about it but should my uncles know of the money,they can kill me ,so as to eat the money,it was as if my father saw their did because he knew the implication of having a big money in Africa and that was the reason why he made the deposit in Scotland.
The day i wrote you first,i picked up three address from a dating site and i prayed over it with the Reverend father, he brought the pieces of paper and wrote the three email address in it and fold it,he ask me to pick one and i picked your email address,then i decided to write you and i also believe that it is the will of God.
However you can call me with the Reverend father 's office phone number, my favorite language is English but our official language is French ,but i speak English very fluently because i attended an American and English speaking private school all in my country for almost all my school,I will like you to call me as requested so that we can hear each other voices,i have a lot to tell you,as i will be waiting to hear from you soonest,
have a wonderful day
Your Miss Vanessa.

4th mail:

Dearest Kris
I thank you once again. I will also like to see you face to face,i like you very much and i want you to know that before i contact you is the will of God that me and you to know each other and you are the type of person i am looking forward to share my life with like a blood relation. please i will like you to see me as your younger one. i have not told anyone except you about the existence of this money and i will like you to please keep it secret to other people because since it is (MONEY) all eyes will be on it and am using the church computer to write you,Remember i trust you, that is why i am giving you all this information.My trust is for you and you alone,i will like to hear your voice please,just call the Rev father and tell him that you want to speak with me and he will send for me immediately.You can call the Reverend father and ask him the best time to call me the number once again(00221-767420600)you can call me and ask me any question you want.

I have informed the bank about my plans to claim this money and the only thing they told me is to look for a foreign partner who will stand on my behalf due to my refugee status and the laws of this country.

You will have 20% of the total money helping me and the remaining money you will help me managed in any business of our choice.

In this regards i will like you to contact the bank immediately with this information,tell them that you are my foreign partner and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me transfer my 5.6 million dollars deposited by my late father of which i am the next of kin to your account in your country.

The contact information of the bank is as follows,

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC.
EMAIL : rbswire_transfer@mail.md
Transfer officer Dr.Stephen Hester


Contact them now on how to transfer the 5.6 million dollars deposited by my late father of which i am the next of kin.

I have mapped out 20% for your assistance and 5% for any expenses that might come up in this transfer.My dear i am glad that God has brought you to see me out from this situation and i promise to be kind and will equally need you in every area of my life plus investing this money since i am still too young to manage it.

As i told you before,this camp is just like a prison and my prayers is to move out from here as soon as possible.Please make sure that you contact the bank so that after the transfer you can send some money from the money for me to prepare my traveling documents to meet with you in your country for a better life,
have a wonderful day.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest!.
Yours forever
Miss Vanessa.


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