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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: Elena Luke <elenasluke@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: selena11ukes@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:32:25 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: "Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name"





>From Miss Elena Luke
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.
 
But I shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you shall not be ashamed nor confounded end"  Look unto me, and be you saved, all the end of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.

HEAR my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am trouble; incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.
Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me bless His holy name”.
I taste and see that the LORD is good blessed is the man that fear him.

I am Miss Elena Luke the only surviving child from the family of Mr.and Mrs Luke. My late father and mother was poisoned to death by Our House Cooker and it was the mastermind red planned by my Uncle to share my father's wealth with the Cooker. Right now, My Wicked Uncle has took over all my late father riches under two months my late father was buried and he determined to kill me again because of the only inheritance my late father placed on my name as the next of kin of all his riches.

Right now, I am out of the town to secure my life and to seek a reliable foreign partner who has the fear of God in his/her mind that will not betray me sitting ontop of my Inheritance as I will entrust the Cash to the person with good faith. Honestly speaking am into hardship and suffering since two years I lost my parents. Am no more going to school again because of the hardship upon my life now.

My late father packaged Seventeen Million Seven Hundred Thousand American Dollars ($17.7M) in a truck box (Consignment) for me and deposited it in the Security Company before his death.

Please am seeking your assistance to stand on my behalf in the Security Company here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire as my late father business partner in Overseas for the Security Company Directors to release and delivery the Consignment to you and I will join you there to establish forever and also continue my education there.

Immediately I hear from you, I will forward you all the details of the Consignment and all the Documents the Security Company issued to my late father on the day he deposited the Consignment in their Storage Custody.

Looking forward to read your mail.

Thanks,

Yours Sincerely,

Elena Luke.
Let not your heart be troubled; you in God believe also in me .
 
Saying, Amen; Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power might be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. And let someone answered, saying unto me.

(N.B) Please I honestly want you to hold this Message very top Confidential. Do not reveal it to anybody around you until you received the Consignment in your house in your country

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