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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: Rebecca Barry <r_barry4u10@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: rebeccabarry5@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 19:14:32 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Believe my story as Truth






Believe my story as
Truth



Based on your
good profile i want to solicit for your help in fulfilling my wish, i am Mrs.
Rebecca Barry 58yrs old widow from France, my husband and i worked with Tull-ow
Oil plc in Ivory Coast before he died in the year 2010 since Ivory Coast
November 28 presidential election/poll crisis between formal president Laurent
Gbagbo who refuse to cede power to his rival Alassane Ouattara who won the poll
certified by UN. Which make 800 peoples has died also, 1 million has fled their
homes stated by UN peacekeeping in Ivory Coast .
 
I and my late husband
were married for 11 years without a child. I am writing you this message via a
computer lap top on my sick bed at the hospital were i am undergoing medical
treatment i have been diagnosis of Endometrial Cancer unfortunately my doctor
said i don't have any chance to survive except by a miracle and i have spent all
the money i have on medical treatment yet no improvement.
 
The reason why i am
writing you this letter is because i want you to stand as my beneficiary to the
sum of my (Euro 300,000.00) (Three Hundred Euro). Deposited by my late husband.
I don’t have any biological child of my own who will inherit this money neither
do i have any adopted child my relatives and friends have plundered so much of
my late husband wealth since my illness and i cannot live with the agony of
entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them anymore.
 
I want to donate this
money to support (Christian Church Or Muslim Muscle) children in
your country as donation for charity is the only legacy i can leave behind after
my death, help me to fulfill this goal before i die. As soon as this funds transferred to you, you will
take me along in order to take care of me until i die since i have no hope.
 
Noted that i have
spent all the money i have at hand for treatment at hospital where i am writing
you this mail. And my only hope in my surgery operation fee that my doctor
request was this funds which i want to handle to you. So if you are willing to
help me retrieve this money from bank here please contact me today with your
personal info such as Your Complete Name-- Address-- and Tell; number through my
email.  rebeccabarry5@yahoo.co.jp
 
Remember me in your
Daily prayer. Remain Bless.
Your Faithfully,
Sister
Rebecca.

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