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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. Jennifer Rogers" <info@office.com>
Reply-To: mrs.jenniiferroger@w.cn
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:36:40 +0300
Subject:


Dear Beloved

I am Mrs. Jennifer Rogers,the wife of Mr.
Kenneth Rogers,both of us are citizens of the
united state of America. my husband worked
with the Chevron/ Texaco in Hong Kong for
twenty years before he died in the year 2003.
We were married for ten years without a child.
My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted
for only four days. Before his death we both got
born-again as dedicated Christians.

When my late husband was alive he deposited
the sum of 7.5million GBP with a bank in europe
and the bank just wrote me.Presently, I'm in a
hospital in Hong Kong where I have been
undergoing treatment for throat cancer. have
since lost my ability to talk and my doctor told
me that I have only a few weeks to live.

It is my last wish to see this money distributed
to charity organizations and NGO anywhere in
the World in helping human race.

Please i need you to stand as my beneficiary.
Please my beloved for further communication on
how we are going to conclude this, here is my
email address:
mrs.jenniiferroger@w.cn

I await your soonest response to my mail.

Remain Blessed.

Your Sister in Christ,

Mrs. Jennifer Rogers.





Dear Beloved

I am Mrs. Jennifer Rogers,the wife of Mr.
Kenneth Rogers,both of us are citizens of the
united state of America. my husband worked
with the Chevron/ Texaco in Hong Kong for
twenty years before he died in the year 2003.
We were married for ten years without a child.
My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted
for only four days. Before his death we both got
born-again as dedicated Christians.

When my late husband was alive he deposited
the sum of 7.5million GBP with a bank in europe
and the bank just wrote me.Presently, I'm in a
hospital in Hong Kong where I have been
undergoing treatment for throat cancer. have
since lost my ability to talk and my doctor told
me that I have only a few weeks to live.

It is my last wish to see this money distributed
to charity organizations and NGO anywhere in
the World in helping human race.

Please i need you to stand as my beneficiary.
Please my beloved for further communication on
how we are going to conclude this, here is my
email address:
mrs.jenniiferroger@w.cn

I await your soonest response to my mail.

Remain Blessed.

Your Sister in Christ,

Mrs. Jennifer Rogers.




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