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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:
Date:
Subject: Hello

Dear

Please permit me to express certain personal issues I do not know if i =
might receive helps from you of course my subject might appear so sudde=
n but please consider this as a wish and accept my mail with a deep sen=
se of humility

i lost my father about eight months ago, i and my sister are Alone righ=
t now. My father was an ex_district leader to our entire community more=
than twenty-five years before our births I was the Eldest son and our =
mother has a divorce with my father she did never knew of my father's f=
ortunes and so many other aspects we lost my Mom on the 7th July 2008

Unfortunately, my father willed some amounts of money to us which was w=
ith a certain bank within our capital district These amounts was annual=
ly paid into my father=E2=80=99s account from various communities and c=
ompany cooperation among which where Shell Petroleum Development Compan=
y, Chevron, and Mobil.

Most of the saving which my father willed to me was from annual revenu=
es for compensation of youth and community development under my father =
leadership I 'd like to transfer to your country with your cooperate a=
ssistance of course this was my actual issue of reaching with a mail.

The real problems where that there has always been many problems within=
family members because of indirect rights to some certain matters much=
like my father's mills, lands, old industrial s, Estates, and 16 priva=
te housing and other structures.

I may urgently need your cooperate assistance as I wanted immediate tra=
nsfer's to your country cooperatively with your helps. i inherited Good=
sun of money $4.000.000 as said herein and I believed it might be Grea=
t times that has indeed drew us together Please do accord mutual esteem=
to the email, i may need your Reply quickly.

Sincerely Charles

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