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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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Fraud email example:

From: "glory.okons" <glory.okons@laposte.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:50:03 +0100
Subject: DEAR BELOVED

Dear beloved,

Compliment of the season to you, My biological real name is Glory Frances Okons, I am
25 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.

Presently i am residing in Burkina Faso, as a refugee 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 Liberia! The only person i have now is Rev
Emmanuel who is the Rev Father at (ST MATHIAS CATHOLIC CHURCH) 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, the other for women.

I'm only favor to be choosen 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 giving you hope to
please feel free to call me because I have pleaded with the Rev 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 Rev. father's number below (+22677088829).

The Good news about my excape 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 father was alive, he
deposited some huge Amount of money in one of the leading bank in which he used my
biological name ( Glory Frances Okon ) as the next of kin, The total amount in question
is $6.4million 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.

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. 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 travelling 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 there in your country.

Please, kindly get back to me with your full contact details and information's and
country of location as well as you phone number, 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.

I sincerely need your assistant in the highest level to help me move the deposit fund
into your account successful so i can join you as soon as possible

I shall Wait your positive response soonest through,

GLORYBABE40@YAHOO.COM .

May God bless you

yours sincerely,
Glory Okons.


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