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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "jeniferanderson10@cantv.net" <jeniferanderson10@cantv.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:28:13 -0430
Subject: Hello Dear Friend,
Happy new day to you dear,
How are you and other members of your family hope fine? If so thanks be
to God. Please may the grace of God and strenght be with you always.My
name is Princess Jennifer Anderson . I want to seek your love and care
for you to help me come over to your country to start up a new life and
investment. I am a kind and God fearing girl of 21 years and only
daughter of my father, late Mr.Antony Anderson a suscessfull business
man who has two companies in two different cities in my country Cote
D'Ivoire .
Life is now difficult for me now after several attacks by unkown men to
shoot me a gun for me to die.Investigations where made and one of them
was caught and it happned to be my late fathers manager and my uncle
they planed to kill me inother to inherit all the assets and
companies.My fathers Muslim lawyer now submitted to me a paticular
document of my late fathers money in the bank wort $7.5 million usd and
suggested to me to fly away with this money to very far away country and
invest the money there and leave a new life for the safety of my life .
Please this is urgent I need you to help me and tell me more about your
self.
Yours worried friend,
Princess Jennifer Anderson
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