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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: Nicole Thomson <peter_umeh@centrum.sk>
Reply-To: nicolethomson520@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 08:25:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Humanitarian Help


Humanitarian Help



Hello,

My name is Mrs. Nicole Thomson, Canadian citizen living in Moncton, I am the widow of Mr. Kenneth Thomson.

I inherited a total of $17 Million dollars from my late husband, this money is kept in a metal box and is deposited with a security finance company here in CANADA. Because of the instruction I laid before the filing, no one can trace the money up, that until I decided to get my box.

This provides maximum safety, the company spent in diplomacy for the safe transfer to France where she has a secret branch. This transfer has been encoded according to the contract that binds us as a family treasure. Because society itself does not know what's in that box that was sent to France from CANADA.

My main concern today is to get this treasure box out of France to another destination. This is why I send you this message to you to help me because the process that allowed the transfer of the box in France will be taken to another destination. So whatever address you believe is safe and you will give me, the transfer will take place.

I think I can make sure of your full confidence. A substantial percentage of $ 30% will be for you. In fact, since the death of my husband, his brothers pursued me seriously, trying to kill me so they can have the documents of these properties. They were able to bring all these properties, but they never arrested me they were requested to give them different numbers of bank accounts of my late husband. But they will never acknowledges submission that I made with the security company and is now in France, because it is my future and my fate, the family of my late husband did not know the existence secret of this deposit which I made with the security company and she will never know. Given the pressure that the family placed on me, the situation becomes uncontrollable.

this is why I decided to find a trustworthy person who could help me recover this box out of France to your address, not expensive place to address him I am a widow and I am helpless. Come to my help because the situation becomes increasingly difficult.

I fulfill the sum of $100 dollars per day for the costs of keeping safe. If you are willing to help me I would give you all the contacts in the security company. You call them and you will give them a safe address to which the company will deliver the trunk immediately. I will send you the certificate of deposit that the company gave me the day of deposit.

Thank you for your understanding May the Lord bless you hope to read you.

Sincerely,
Ms. Nicole Thomson.

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