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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: "Mr HARRISON James." <mrharrisonjames@live.com>
Reply-To: mrharrison_james@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:59:23 +0100 (BST)
Subject: With due Respects!!





                                 HELLO DEAR TO YOUR
HONOR :

With due
Respects!!                                
 
In brief introduction, I am the
nurse in charge of Mr. HARRISON James at our hospital here and
he instructed me to send you this message he said:

My Name is
Mr HARRISON James,  I'm from Europe a citizen of England 
57
year’s old, Specifically resident in Cote
d'Ivoire West Africa for 17 years now, I
lost my Wife and my only Son in Social
Political Crisis in this country here in Africa on my trip to
England.
 
This message will not surprise
you, because you know! We never know who we really are in this earth! This
message to you is with tears in my eyes because of my condition of health here
is (very very Serious & Grave) I do not know when I will
live this land of the world!!

With due
respects: Now I'm talking to you I
hospitalized at the hospital here in Cote
d'Ivoire, can I have trust in you??, because I want to entrust you
all my WEALTH  the total Sum of  (
$ 7. 5M US Dollars ) ( Seven
Million Five Hundred Thousand American Dollars )  for
you to help me and invest it in a GOOD PROJECT in your country,
because I can not accept for an instant all my WEALTH obtained
by Me and My wife since our marriage until she left me (since she
death) used here in Cote d'Ivoire!!.

N/B : My
Lawyer will help you to do everything here!!.

Please Dear One,
if you wish to help me in this PROJECT, do not hesitate to
contact me quickly with your information below: if any delay in your reply will
give me the room to find another good person for the same butt
(PROJECT) Please make sure that you will act accordingly as I’m
going to instruct you and I'm looking forward to your message along with your
information follow:

Name:................................................
Surname:................................................
Date
of Birth :..............................
Male or
female:.....................
Country
:.......................................................
City:
.......................................................
Address
:............................................................................
Tel-fix:..................................................
Telephone
Mobile:...............................................
Private E-mail:
...............................................
Occupation:..........................................

My greetings to you my most
sincere and see my photo below to my situation here.

                                 
     I really count on you.
               
Thanks you and GOD bless you and your family 
.
                                     Mr HARRISON
James
 
 
 
 
This message was Write and Send
By the nurse of Mr HARRISON James in the hospital

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