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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: "Mrs rose ojo" <roseojo443@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 15:37:32 +0700
Subject: re




Dear Friend,I am Mrs rose ojo, a merchant in the Middle East.But based in
Nigeria I have been
diagnosed with Cancer which was discovered very late, due to my laxity in
caring for my health.
It has defiled all forms of medicine, Right now I have only about a few
months to live, according
to my Medical Doctor. I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I
never really cared for
myself but the oil business. Though, I am very rich, I was never ge!
nerous, I only focused on my
business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this
as I now know that
there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in
the world. I believe
when God gives me a second chance and heal me I would live my life a
different way from how I
have lived it.I have sowed a seed for my healing I have willed and given
most of my properties
and assets to my immediate and extended family members and as well as a
few close friends. I want
God to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so, I have decided to give
arms to charity
organizations and give succor and comfort to the less privileged of the
Tsunami Victims and the
Huricane katrina in USA, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I
do on earth. So far, I
have distributed money to some charity organizations in India and
Malaysia. Now that my health
has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this mys! Elf anymore. I once asked
members of my family
to close one of my accounts in Saudi Bank and distribute the money which I
have there to charity
organization and to the less privileged in Bulgaria and Sudan-Africa They
cashed the money but
kept it only to themselves.Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they
seem not to be contended
with what I have left for them already. The last of my money which no one
knows of is the huge
cash
deposit of $7, million that I have in the Vault of a security house in uk
for safe keeping. I
want you to collect this deposit on my behalf and disburse half of it to
the Huricane Katrina in
USA as well as Tsunami Earthquake victims in Asia for the less privileged
(for charity purpose)
and the other half to set up an investment that i s profit base in other
to keep the charity work
alive. Please send me a mail to indicate your wiliness to assist in this
disbursement. For your
willingness and readiness to act accor! dingly, I will set aside 40% for
you for your time and
efforts in caring out this responsibility on my behalf while,the remaining
60% will be used by
you for both charity work and setting up of an investment that is profit
oriented to enable you
continue to assist the less privileged from time to time from the profit
you make from this
investment annually. I need your urgent reply so that I will not have to
go on sourcing for a
credible person
to handle this project. I look forward to hear from you soon. reply to
(roseojo76@yahoo.com)God bless you.
Mrs rose ojo



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