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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: goodluck matthew21 <goodluck1244@msn.com>
Reply-To: <annitajohn19@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:52:03 +0000
Subject: I NEED HELP





My name is Anita John. I am currently living in Accra, Ghana as a refugee.I'm from the Tutsi tribe in Rwanda, Central Africa Republic. I am the only child of late Mr John Clark . My late father was the manager of a gold and diamond mining company in Kigali. Unfortunately it was closed by the wicked rebels during the war in my longing country.I was in my second year in Applied Mathematics Department at the University of Rwanda in Kigali before the death of my beloved father. When I try to come this irreparable loss in my life, Satan was let loose again and civil war broke out in my country. Civilian massacres became uncontrollable and my dearest mother was also a 's victim.It tell me that is alive now and I managed to find my way to a West African country of Ghana, where I live now I would like to know more about you, your likes and dislikes, hobbies and what you are doing currently. me while In this camp we are not allowed to go from the camp unless we are permitted to with concrete reasons Its more or less staying in jail, and I pray by the grace of God I will leave here soon.l have no one that i can get in touch with now, all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person l have now is Rev.Cyril Williams, the pastor of the (St Joseph Parish) is. here in the camp he very nice to me since I'm here, but I'm not living with him, I'm leaving in the woman's hostel the camp is of two hostels men and women hostels The Reverend Phone number +233243479541 when you call, tell him that you want to reach with Anita john he would send for me in the hostel. As a refugee here I do not have any right or privilege to transfer any money or whatever because it is against the law of this country as refugee.right now am back to my studies to forward ahead my education I really want you to assist me by all means in you own capacity,my late father left a deposited amount of money in a leading bank which he used my nameas his next of king,and i have with me deposited certificate,his death certificate and all necessarydocument of my late father,the amount concerned $ 5.9 (Five million nine hundred thousand Us dollars).i want you help me transfer the money to your accountwhich at the end of the transaction you take 25%of the total money, 5% for the motherlessbabies home and sick onces in hospital as i have prayed and plan for it,while 10% for theexpenses it will couse
moreover.after the transaction i am coming over to need your support to manage the money on my name,because I'm too young to handle such money. in the light of above i give you this information for trustyou keep it to yourself,we live in dangerous world the only one that knows about it here just the reverend,am afraid to loos my life please.i pray you should be truthful,sincere,honest andunderstanding with me,my favorite language is English speaking.I have a lot to say,have a nice day and take good care of yourself.anticipation to hear from youas soonestYours sincerely in love.Anita Johnplease contact me via annitajohn19@yahoo.com

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