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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: awad jessica <awadjessica@live.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:10:46 +0000
Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?HERE'S_THE?= =?windows-1256?Q?_BANK_CONT?=
=?windows-1256?Q?ACT_FOR_PO?= =?windows-1256?Q?SSIBLE_TRA?=
=?windows-1256?Q?NSFER=FE?=



Dear onei
thank you for reaching me. I hope you are keeping fine today. As for
me, i am not looking fine over here. Really it sounds some how
depositing such a big trust to some body that you have never seen in
person but one thing you ought to understand is that any body who is
into difficult situation like mine may be looking for help from every
angle and when i come in contact with you i was some how felt relaxed
saying with you that God has answered my fasting and prayer's.I was
moved.I appreciate your acceptance to assist me to my request as
regards to the money and this has made me to get the bank informed in a
mail about you, i introduced you to them .I see you as a very nice
person whom i can lean upon for trust and support for life; I see you
as very responsible, competent and mature enough to assist me to direct
my life to a positive direction in life.Please i have not told any one
except you about the existence of this money and i will like you to
please keep it secret to other people because since it is money i feel
all interest will be on it. Remember i trust you that is why i am
giving you all this information!. I will like to hear your voice in due
cause please, I have informed the bank about my plans to take and
transfer this money and the only thing they told me is to look for a
very responsible person , who will stand on my behalf as a trustee to
this money due to my refugee status and the laws of this country. I
have to use this chance to let you know about it,i have decided not to
continue staying over here any more, i would like to use this chance
get you introduced to the bank as my partner and the person who will be
standing on my behalf as regards to this money.In this regards i will
like you to contact the bank immediately with their contact information
below; please tell them that you are my foreign partner and that you
want to know the possibilities of assisting me transfer my ( 5.4
million USA dollars) five million Four hundred thousand USA dollars)
deposited by my late father of which i am the next of kin/beneficiary,
to your account in your country.Here is the contact, just send an email
to the bank in London.Note.This Is the contact information of the bank
is as follows: and i would like you to contact them today for this fund
and ask them how this fund will transfer into your account as my
foreign partner, Let them know that it's Miss Jessica Awad Instructed
to transfer this fund into your account.Below are the bank contact
information,s ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
Transfer Manager.Sir Philip Hampton
Address: 9, High St, Perth, Perthshire PH1 5JS
Tel :+447-031-986-798
:+447-031-836-283
Fax :448709747757Email; rbsconsaltant@gmail.com
r_ofscotland@accountant.com

Information about the deposit code are as follows..Name of depositor: Dr.John AwadNationality:Sudan AfricaNext of kin : Miss .Jessica AwadAmount deposited:( $5 .4 Million USD)Account Number: RBS/745608902546/QB/91/AOr
you send your full information for reconfirmation so that i will
forward it to bank to make the transfer to your given account in your
country. 1.FULL NAME.............2.HOME AND OFFICE ADDRESS............3.TELEPHONE NUMBER ................................4.BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION ............................. I
was well known in the Orphanage Home here with Choir Mistress Because i
am a Leader in the Church Choir and the real name my parents called me
is Miss Jessica. The name of the manager for foreign transfers as i was
informed is Mr Fred Goodwinby the time you contacted them on Fax or
email. Please try and contact them now to confirm this and as well on
how possible to transfer the ( 5.4million USA dollars ) deposited by my
late father of which i am the next of kin to your account in your
country. My dear i am glad that God has brought you to see me out from
this situation and i promise to be very grateful and will equally need
you in every area of my life plus investing this money since i am still
too young and inexperienced to comfortably manage my life for now.I
have map out 5% for every expenses you will make before this transfer
and 15% for all your good effort towards my freedom.As i told you
before, this Orphanage Home is just like a prison and my prayers is to
move out from here as soon as possible.Please make sure that you
contact the bank so that after the transfer you will send some money
from my late father money for me to prepare my traveling documents to
meet with you in your country.I feel i can make it to join you as soon
as you are through with this transfer or you can come down to meet me
over here and see how you will assist me to join you.I don't think i
will regret being with you in your country, i feel it's so better for
me to be with you than to be over here, i have made my decision not to
continue staying in this country or west africa. i hope you approach
this issue as yours, and give an urgent attention, because i am not in
good condition and i want to be free in all my life; i so much trust
you and i will like you to maintain the trust i have got in you.Honey
please keep this transaction secret this is a very huge amount of
money.i will not like people to know about this fund because i am
afraid to loose my life or the money.I will be waiting to hear from you
soonest!.Yours loveMiss Jessica Awad.

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