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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: Miss Aracely Herinquez <aracely@mail.md>
Reply-To: aracely573@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:53:08 +0100
Subject: Business Assistance



Good evening to you, i have sent you this message earlier and wonder if you received it as am still waiting to hear from you for me to know my father and i have decided to attach my details once more, My name is Miss Aracely Herinquez. I'm a single female medical. I come from Republic De Cuba. I know you will be surprise to receive this message from complete stranger from Cuba but it is a great pleasure writing and knowing you and i have decided to write you all about me and my position here and what i need you to do for me to get my fund into your account to enable me relocate in your area for living and investment. I will also continue my education in your country to actualize my dream of being a doctor.

I need your help and decided to contact you directly over the transfer of my inheritance for investment as i want to relocate after the sudden death of my parent in the war in Democratic Republic Of Congo.

I know there is no violent and crisis in your country and is a place my late father has wished to invest and love the country so much and will not wait to be there as soon as possible. You know there is a lot of bad people on the internet and am being afraid not to fall into the hand of a person that will betray me or run away with my fund once the fund is transferred. I trust you and know you will not betray me as i have confidence in you without even seeing you yet and hope to see you soon.

MY DATA: MY NAME: MISS ARACELY HENRIQUEZ
MY BIRTH: 11/MARCH/1977
MY OCCUPATION: MEDICAL SCIENTIST
MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE
NATIONALITY: REPUBLIC DE CUBA
MY FATHER'S DATA: HIS NAME: MR.ALBERTO HENRIQUEZ

OCCUPATION: EXPORTER OF GOLD AND HE DEPOSITED LARGE QUANTITY OF GOLD FOR ME IN THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION HERE WHICH WORTH 600 KILO AND WE WILL DISCUSS ON THAT ONCE OUR FUND IS CLEARED AND TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT AS ARRANGED. AND THE AMOUNT DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IS VALUED EURO9.5MILLION AND NEED YOUR HELP FOR THE TRANSFER TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE AND HELP OF THE LESS PRIVILLEGE PEOPLE AND CHARITY ORGANISATION
AGE BEFORE HIS DEATH : 59 NATIONALITY: REPUBLIC DE CUBA

I prayed and fasted before contacting you. Am trusting you, though without seeing you which I believe in God and it is by God direction that made me to contact you and reveal all my position here in Benin. You can arrange to come here for you to see everything with your eyes and help me out of Africa and my fund transfer because i saw your profile and want to invest in your country and want you to be my partner and sponsor.

As i told you earlier, am here in Benin Republic because of the war in Democractic Republic of Congo that lead to the death of my father and mother living me alive and am from Cuba and was born, brought up and lives in a country called Democratic Republic of Cogo but here in Benin with the help of my late father's attorney who assisted me for my entrance Visa to
Benin which i entered as a result of the war in that country which lead to the death of my 2 elder brother, my father and mother living me alone on earth.

Before the death of my father he deposit the sum of Euro 9.5 MILLION EUROS IN FINANCE COMPANY HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC which am standing as the confide Next of kin and Gold in the vault of the Company.

When I came to Benin with the help of my late father's lawyer , i went to the finance company with my late father's lawyer to know what is required to release my fund as i wish. They stated that my late father deposited the fund for safe keeping in their central security vault and we need get the legal transfer document before the amount can be release for transferred to any account i am going to nominate which will be yours as i wish and want you to help me get account where the fund will be transferred once i issue the change of power of attorney in your name and favor as the person authorize to help me clear and receive my inheritance fund and Gold.

Am pleading to you to assist me here with the bank so that the fund can be released into your account in your country for investment. Please help to understand my plea here because the finance company stated that since my father deposited the fund for safe keeping in their vault that i cannot have access to the money unless we provide account details where it will be transferred for me to enable me start to use my inheritance and that is why i need your help to provide account where the fund will be transferred once i hominy sponsor and partner. You see, hear my condition is very bad and frustrating because it is not easy living on earth without father and mother, even here i do not have any single penny or cash at had to take care of myself , feed, and am only here with the help of my late father's lawyer who provide money for food and my accommodation and it is very hard experience for me and i believe you can help me from your heart and trust me the way i All i need from you is to help me get the total money transferred into your account for investment once i change the beneficiary in your name and favor as the person we authorize and empower for the clearance through the help of my late father attorney .

I NEED YOUR FULL NAME
YOUR ADDRESS
YOUR TELEPHONE AND MOBILE
YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION

Once i get your details i will be submitting to the lawyer to enable him proceed to the finance company for approval.
I need to hear from you and have something important to discuss with you very important as this fund is the only thing i can lay hand after the death of my parent and am entrusting you to assist me receive it into your account once i nominate you and issue power of attorney in your name and favor authorizing them to transfer in your favor so that we can relocate and know the area to invest it and i want to donate some amount to poor and charity organization there.


I am sending you my photos, passport and the deposit document for you to see and understand me properly and please make sure you keep this highly confidential and secret to yourself as this money is the only hope of my life and living and am trusting and confiding to you 100% after seeing your profile details here and strongly believe you will not betray me once the money arrive to you and do not want anybody to harm once i come to you for the investment.

All i need is your honesty and I want you to know that it is God Almighty that connects people and makes out of them whatsoever he desires, and this my having to write you in the first place regarding this project is from God own direction as I never knew you before nor have we meet in any where before but may God name be praised for his ways are not like the ways of men, for he is perfect and never miss leads his loved ones.

I know that when God is with one no one can be against him or her, and I know that my having made you the one to carry on this cross will bring joy to my soul and to many others out there that will stand to benefit from the foundation when it is established and the real estate business , after the funds must have been claimed and transferred to your would be nominated bank account .

My dear, please know that in all thing in life we walk by faith and not by sight, as the people of God and also bear in mind that there is nothing impossible for God to do, so long as we trust and cast our burden upon him, he is a mighty God and remains faithful to them that love and trust upon him, I might not have known you but bear in mind that this meeting is the God doing.


Please let me know your readiness to assist me in this venture my e-mail is: aracely2@breakthru.com

Yours Miss Aracely Herinquez

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