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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: Jennie Rosay <jennie@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jennie_ro10@yahoo.gr
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:18:48 -0300
Subject: Ms. Jennie Rosay



I'm Ms. Jennie Rosay a widow, I was married to Engineer Howard Rosay an

English man who is dead. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum

of 3,000,000.00 (Three Million Pounds) with a security bank company here in

(Greece) name now withheld but it will be disclosed on my next email to you.

I have few days to live as per my doctor’s advice due to my cancerous
problem. I

have decided to donate this fund to you and want you to use this gift which

comes from my husband’s effort to fund the up keep of widows, orphans, the

down-trodden, physically challenged children.

Contact me on my email for further details
EMAIL: jennie_ro11@yahoo.gr
Jennie Rosay

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