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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: Elizabeth Georgejacobi <elizabeth.geordejacobi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elizabethgeorgejacob@voila.fr
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:35:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello, My good friend




Dear friend

Firstly, I wish you the very best of life of good health and Success. It is my pleasure to write this letter and   thank you for creating time to read through my message carefully. Well, i know you maybe wondering how i got your address,but permit me to tell you that I got your contact from the (medics-org directory) and  I decided to contact you to shared with you deeply about my ongoing  true life story and I have no intentions of causing you any worries  through this medium. Trust me! because I have to say that I have no other alternative rather than to seek for your considerable humanitarian help for my aid.
 
My biological real name is Elizabeth George Jacobi, I am 23 years old from Monrovia Liberia. I am single female with Trust and honest. I am the only daughter of my Late  Dr.George Jacobi,Who was the former minister of post and Telecommunication under the leadership of former Charles Taylor of Liberia who is now in Hagua Prison after many innocent soul's were killed in cold blood.
 
Nevertheless, My late father was arrested on 1st of Nov 2001 by Charles Taylor on allegation of coup planning attempt. My blessed memorial late father was absolutely innocent of  the coup planning attempt accusation. It was just a political power accusation vendetta, and my father later died at the prison yard for long detention.
Meanwhile, After the horrible death of my late father! My biological mother totally lose control consciousness and she fell down and gave up immediately she hear ed about the sad news. I always pray God from eternity to eternity may their gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Now, it's was only me that is alive now before the civil war crisis finally arose later in Monrovia Liberia and I managed ex-caped my value able life to neighborhood country Burkina Faso with help of humanitarian rescue team (UNHCR ) United Nation High Commission for Refugees, [ www.unhcr.org ].
 
Presently I resided in Burkina Faso, as a refugee status, and, I don't  have no any relatives whom I can go to for now because all my relatives died in the middle of the war that later occurred in my country Monrovia Liberian! The only person i have now is Reverend  (Mr.John Semon ) who is the Reverend Father at (CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF GOD MISSION)  in the rosso Refugee camp Burkina faso, But, I am not living with him rather I am leaving in the women's hostel refugee camp because the refugee camp has two hostels one for men other for women.
 
I wish to let you know that in this UNHCR less privilege refugee camp -.Honestly, I am not feeling fine and not allowed to go out often and I also lack personal right of freedom and as a refugee status I don't have any right or privilege to go out of the refugee camp premises without the permission or knowledge of the UNHCR refugee authority council that protect the less privilege refugees so far. Truly speaking rosso camp is compare to desert or compare to prison-yard.
 
I'm only favor to be chooses among the lucky less privilege refugees woman to sweeps the UNHCR offices regularly and this is  where i always got privilege to write you through the Gate Security Coordinator receptionist office at the camp premises. Honestly, I will like to shared with you about the sober true, It's very painful that i loss my personal cellphone in this desert call camp! and since then I have none! I am given you hope to please feel free to call me because I had plead with Revenred father in Good manner of approach to please allowed me to used his cellphone for our easiest oral communication on phone ok. Always call me through Reverend father John Semon number below (+22675545067).
 
Although; I had been a Christian for a long time, Even in the face of my life storm's at the camp , Our Lord Savior Jesus Christ now has a rightful place in my heart, And blessed me with a gift I have been both bless from God.
 
Please listen carefully because I put my trust in sharing with you this particular urgent confidential matter and I'd totally decided to put my whole trust in you after much fasting and prayer revelation. Frankly speaking, I had kept this issue to myself as a top secret since my arrival to Burkina Faso! "Since then I was totally out of control in the path of death of my beloved late parent's,and more over plus addition to my poor ongoing refugees status situation still yet I always put all circumstances into the care of almighty God to take control of my life.
 
The Good news about my ex cape and my spiritual journey to Burkina Faso was at a sudden a light of hope began to resurface into my heart. Power of rest and I began to wondered and I remember some past that I am presently with my beloved late father' Valid certificate's of some deposited fund made years back because' when my late blessed father was alive he deposited some huge Amount of money in one of the leading bank in which he used my biological name ( Elizabeth George Jacobi ) as the next of kin, The total amount in question is $6.4m Us dollars - Six million Four Hundred Thousand U.s Dollars. I am very thankful to almighty God that I'd successfully made contact with the leading bank management and I'd got a legal approval to come for the fund claim with help of my alive family member or relative - But, is so unfortunate that I haven't nobody to call my relative at present in this huge world.
 
However, The bank managements advised me to seek for a trusted  nominated partner to stand on my behalf for the transfer fund because they can not do with me directly due to my present UNHCR refugee status condition that is totally against banking institution. Probably, I want you to stand by me to transfer the whole deposited fund into your personal account and please keep it to yourself as a topmost secret for security reason and don't tell it to anyone because am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to knows about it- By keeping this issue to your self will also protect my orphanage status from outside people around you upon my visit to your country as soon as the deposited fund has been transferred and confirmed into your account successfully. I am giving you all this payable deposit information's due to confident and self trust that I'd deposited on you unseen and because of my present refugee status condition that restricted a
lots.
 
I promise you that you are absolutely entitled with a reasonable part of this fund as soon as the money transfer into your account successful. "My desire and wishes is immediately the fund transferred into your account successfully, then, You will arranged on where to invest the money overseas possibly on products of your company and other profitable business of your directive-. Truly, My ambition is to go back to University to accomplished my desirable (Doctor Degree study) because I only attended first semester at University of Liberia before the civil war tragedy that lead me to being in this present terrible condition at camp took place.
 
As soon as the said fund get to your nominated acccount in your country, then, you will now send me some money so i can used it to prepared my immediate travel ling documents e.g Passport, Visa and Flight Airline Ticket that i will used to fly to your country. I trust by the special Grace of God. You will surely help me move this fund  into your personal bank account over in your country of location where we can both invest this huge fund wisely and judiciously into a productive venture oversea.
 
Please, kindly get back to me with your full contact details and information's and country of location, so as to enable me to used it to write a transfer request letter of nomination to the bank management in your favour for the true legality of my nomination of the partnership that would stand on my behalf for the fund wire-transfer procedures with the leading Bank Board of Authority.
 
As soon as I receive your positive feedback and information's, I will at once provided you with the bank contacts along with the account information so that you will be able to consult the bank for the fund transfer processing into your personal bank accounts on my behalf. Truly, i have ambition to fulfill my doctor ambition and I am sure you are the one who God had ordained to help me to go out of my ongoing terrible condition so as to enable me finished my study at your location place.
 
I sincerely needed your mentally Humanitarian assistant in the highest level to help me move the deposit fund into your account successful so i can join you soonest. my photos will be attach to you as soon as i can read from you!
 
Have a nice day and please think about solution for my aid. Thank you!
 
I shall Waite your reciprocate positive response soonest via mail.
 
May God bless you
Elizabeth George Jacobi

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