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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: "Lady Rita Ratnavale" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <RitaRatnavale2000@yahoo.cn>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:38:30 +0100
Subject: PLEASE READ

Dear Beloved,


I am Mother Rita Ratnavale, 78 Years old woman and the wife of Sir Ratnavale, Victor, dual citizen of Switzerland and Britain who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK alongside with my daughter while they were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see site below for more information.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me because I have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I have agreed upon before his sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary of our last will. hence I need you to do me a favor by accepting our offer and use it to help the poor in Haiti.

I deposited a cheque in the sum of 2,400,000.00 (Two Million Four Hundred Thousand British Pounds) with DHL UK one week ago to deliver to you, but I was very ill so i could not send you an email until today. what you have to do now is to contact the DHL GLOBAL EXPRESS UK as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you.

For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charges, Insurance Premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country

You have to contact the dispatch agent Mr Jim Brown of DHL GLOBAL EXPRESS UK through his personal email now for the delivery of your cheque with this information Below:

Contact Person: Mr.Jim Brown
Email Address: mrjimbrown@fastmail.fm
Tel:+44-702-404-6987 CALL HIM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

NOTE :THE ONLY MONEY YOU ARE EXPECTED TO PAY IS 230 BRITISH POUNDS ($389USD)FOR THE SECURITY KEEPING OF THE PACKAGE,BECAUSE FOR SECURITY REASONS I ORDERED FOR THE PACKAGE TO BE SECURED BY OLIVE SECURITY TO ENABLE NO ONE BUT YOU TO OPEN THE PACKAGE.I WOULD HAVE PAID THE FEE BUT THE COMPANY INSISTED THAT I SHOULD NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU WILL BE CONTACTING THEM AND TO AVOID DUMURRAGE OR FURTHER COST.
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PLEASE FORWARD THE BELOW INFORMATION TO MR JIM BROWN WITH THE ABOVE INFORMATIONS:

Postal address:
Full Names:
Direct telephone number

Below is the security keeping code: (DHL/03475/F) of you draft, you are to also present it to them for verification before delivery.

Please, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay.

Be also notified that I will no longer be reading my emails or surfing the internet as I have retired completely from the outside world to private ranch where i have cleared all charges .

I leave you in peace to rest in the lord .

Yours Faithfully,
Mother Rita Ratnavale



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