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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: "seeking your assistance" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <joy_alamata001@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:27:56 -0700
Subject: FROM MISS JOY ALAMATA SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCEE

Dear Respectful,
 
Good day,
 
I know that this email will come to you as a surprise because you don,t know me and i believe that this opportunity will make both us  know each other.
My name is Joy Alamata i am 19 years old and an ophan.My late father died from the hands of assasinates in Decembar 2008.My late father was killed in a suspected unknown higher killers but the police reported that my father was drunk and full of alcohol before his death.
However,my father was a successful business man who lived in Hongkong before coming back to my country,Benin Republic Before the death of my father,he told me that he deposited the sum of US$12.500,000:00{twelve million,five hundred thousand US Dollars only} with the Eco Bank in the year 2005.I have contacted the  Bank and they told me that i am free to come and claim the money as the only Daugther of my late father.
Now,i am presently living with my unlce who is taking care of my school and my uncle is very wicked to me.He has seized all my late father,s properties and sold them away without showing any concern to me.Now,i don,t want him to know about the fund deposited with the Eco Bank that is the reason why i am contacting you to give me and urgently assistances so that i can instruct the  Bank to transfer the money to your account to enable me come to meet you in your country.
My main reason of contacting you is because i don,t want my uncle to know about the money because if he does he may claim it and seize the money without taking care of me.I am assuring you that this money belong to my late father and it is safe,risk free and legal.Let me know, if your ready to help me on this so that i can give you the detail and purchase the Ecobank application form for you to apply to the Bank for the transfer of the fund,and we reach and agreement on  your own share.
I am waiting for your reply.
Reply to my private email address  joy_alamata001@yahoo.co.jp
Best regards,
Miss.Joy Alamata.


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