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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: "ROKOTO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <brsarpong@mailaton.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 18:33:04 -0800
Subject: DEAR BELOVED THIS MY LETTER OF CONSIDERATION

Dear beloved friend,

I know that this letter may be a very big surprise to you, I am giving you my trust and

wish you will give me back the trust i have given you . I believe that you will be honest to

fulfill my final wish before I die.

I am Mr Rokoto Sarpong , I am 59 years old, I am suffering from a long time cancer of

the brain .From all indication my condition is really deteriorating, and my doctors have

courageously advised me that I may not live beyond the next two months, this is because

the cancer stage has reached a critical stage. I was brought up in a motherless babys

home, and was married to my late wife for twenty years without a child . My wife and I

are true Christians, but quite unfortunately, she died in a lobour room so i could not

hear the cry of a child in my house


Since her death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my belongings and deposited all

the sum of $6.8million dollars with a security company , as it was pakaged and registered

as a personal Valuable.

Presently, this money is still in their custody, and the management just wrote me as the

Legitimate beneficiary to come forward to receive the Deposit after keeping it for so long

or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I

can not come over as a result of my illness, Presently,I'm with my laptop in a hospital

where I have been undergoing treatment. I have since lost my ability to walk about or do

anything by myself and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested in any business of your choice and

the gain made every year or 6 months as the case may be, distributed each year among

the charity organization, the poor and the motherless babys home where I come from. I

want your good humanitarian, to also use this money to fund orphanages homes and

widows around, 30% for you , I must let you know that this was a very hard decision, but I

had to take a bold step towards this issue because I have no further option. I hope you

will help see my last wishes come true.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the security company. I will

also issue you a letter of authority, which will prove that you are the new beneficiary of

my funds. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Hope to hear from you soonest

Awaiting your reply

Yours Sincerely

Mr Rokoto Sarpong

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