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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 Rita Kennedy <lualua_san3@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: lualua_san30@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 12:47:29 -0500
Subject: Can step mother poison her step daughter/son?




=A0=20

Can step mother poison her step daughter/son?

It is true that we haven?t met face to face or communicate with each other b=
efore. Well, my names are Rita Kennedy (an orphan) and my parents died three=
years back when I was just 19yrs, and my late father married another wife f=
our years ago. And a year after he married the lest wife my father died toge=
ther with my mom, the last wife is my step mother=A0 and when she find out t=
hat my father had a deposit of money in the bank here in this country. My na=
me as the beneficiary of the big amount and my step mother wasn?t happy with=
me, after we had little quell over the fund that was when she have evil min=
d against me.=A0=20

She started making friend with me like never before, so that I may forget ou=
r misunderstanding and without me knowing that she had evil plans against me=
. Well to cut the long story short, she gave me food poison and I wake-up in=
the hospital in next two days. And I am now in the hospital writing you wit=
h tires and sorrow seeking for your assistance because my doctor told me tha=
t I have few months to leave on earth. I have made up my mind to offer my in=
heritance to the and people of Haiti.=A0 Because anything may happen to me a=
nd I have no right to touch the fund based on agreement reached between my l=
ate father and the bank authorities.

It is after his death, at my age of 25yrs that is when I shall have the righ=
t to handle the fund. And I am now 22yrs still underage for the fund and my =
health condition is too bad, I can not make it.=A0 Now my question, are you =
ready to receive my inheritance on my behalf as new beneficiary and ready to=
go through the little process until you receive the money? It is better you=
handle my inheritance to help me assist Haiti people and others in need, th=
an that evil step mother to use the fund ungodly ways when I die.=20

Well if you are ready, kindly send across to me your full details like, your=
full names, full address, direct phone number and any copy of your identity=
card. As soon as I receive those things from you and without wasting time, =
it shall enable me for the changing of ownership in your name as the new ben=
eficiary of my inheritance. After that, you receive the full document of the=
fund and direct bank contacts, so that you will start communicating with th=
em, while I will be waiting for my death to come.

God bless you, for your understanding as I am expecting to hear from you soo=
nest, because time is not on my side.

Urgent please.=20

Miss. Rita Kennedy.
St. Joseph central hospital,
Cote d?Ivoire

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