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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 SARY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <glory.sary12@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 22:48:44 -0500
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME FOR GOD





My Dearest Beloved,

PLEASE HELP ME REGAIN MY FREEDOM.

How are you doing this beautiful day! I hope all is well with you, Friendship can not be measured in terms of material value, nor can it be explained through our use of language, it is a thing that is felt deep within the heart, where no words can ever come close to the truth .


I want to use this opportunity to brief you little about myself, My Name is Glory Sarry, I am single, 23years old, born in Liberia in West Africa, with no kid and never married. 5ft 8inches Tall, 55kg weight, black hair and brown eyes, fair in complexion, I have a nice family which I lost doing the war that took place my in country some years ago.


The rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my parents in a cold blood. It's was only me and my little sister that survive this tragedy because I wasn't around when it happened. I was a first year student then, studying Accounting at the University of Monrovia and I managed to run to the refugee camp where I'm presently seeking asylum under the United Nations High Commission for the Refugee here in Dakar, Republic of Senegal, because the evils that killed my parents seize to kill and take away my belongings .


I am Calm, Joyful, Honest, Sociable, Intelligent, Romantic, Kind and Tender. I enjoy Traveling, Having Rest on Nature, Meeting with Friends, Swimming, Tennis Game, Poem, Driving, & Going to the Beach.

Also I love all kinds of music, mostly R & B, Blues, Hip Hop etc. I am a Simple & understanding girl who Cherish ,Honesty, Tolerance , Love , Care and Friendship, I am looking to meet someone who will first of all be my friend and maybe more than Friends later.

How are you this day and how is your country? Mine is a little bit hot over here in Dakar Senegal. In this camp we are only allowed to go out from the camp only on Mondays and Fridays of the weeks. Its just like one staying in the prison and I hope by Gods grace I will come out here soon, I don't have any relatives now whom I can go to, all our relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person I have now is Rev. Mark, who is the pastor of the (United Christian Center) here in the camp, he has been very nice to me since I came here but I am not living with him rather I am leaving in the woman's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women.

As a refugee here, I don't have any right or privileged to any thing because it is against the law of this Muslim country. I want to go back to my studies because I only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.

Please listen to this, I have my late father's deposit certificate and death certificate here with me which I will send to you later, because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading financial institution bank in UNITED KINGDOM which he used my name as the next of kin, the amount in question is $4.5 Million USA dollars,(Four Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) then I decided to contact you hoping that with your advanced knowledge we can be able to work together, so that if all things works out for us, we can go into investment in your peaceful country. Though it took me time to make up my mind to contact you.

Moreover I contacted the ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM where this fund is deposited for them to advise me on what to do in order to have access to my late father's property, the legal department of the bank told me that in a situations like mine, that the best solution is by soliciting for assistance of a reliable foreigner who is trustworthy and faithful and who can assist me claim and receive the fund on my behalf.

I will attach the Deposit Certificate, The Death Certificate and My refugee Identity Card which shows that I am a refugee in Dakar Senegal For you, and I will also give you the Bank details and info for your contact, please keep this to yourself.

So I will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send me some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you in your country if you wish.
I kept this secret from people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend Mark, because he is like a father to me here.


So in the light of above I will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for I am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people get to know about it.


I like honest and understanding people, truthful and a woman of vision, trustworthy and hardworking, my favorite language is English but our language is here French but I speak English very fluently.


Meanwhile I will like you to contact me by email at glory.sary12@gmail.com
Have a nice day and God bless you as you help me and regain my freedom.


Pleased treat this as very urgent so that I will forward you contact information to the Royal Bank of Scotland for you to contact them.
Waiting to hear from you soonest.


GOD BLESS YOU.

Yours faithfully.


Glory Sary.

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