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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: "Ms.Jenny Campbell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsjennyfirstnamecampbell@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:00:51 -0700
Subject: Reliance Security Group Services

MESSAGE OF HELP FROM

MS.JENNY CAMPBELL (U.K).



Let this communication not be a coincidence to you but as God's plan, my name is Ms.Jenny Campbell a citizen of United Kingdom but work as the Inspection & Operational manager in my company. A Company where all valuables are being deposited safely, name of our Company is (Reliance Security Group Services)

London, England.



I am here to plead with you to assist me save the life of my only Mother who has been sick for years now through this business. I have spent so much that the sickness has put me into much debt that I will not be able to payback in the next 5years; God knows that I have not done such before but I don’t want to wait and see my Company confiscating Mr. Alan Williams’s consignment, a business Tycoon who Died on a plane crash in 20th Oct, 2005 with his family in Tanzania safari airline. Rather I wish to see his dreams come true in future as he told me history of his life when he visited my company to make deposit. Below here is the true story about the death of Mr. Alan Williams and his family.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tanzania/1501084/Tycoon-dies-with-family-in-Tanzania-safari-plane-crash.html



Mr. Alan Williams made a huge deposit of US$12.6M with our Security Company which was packaged and sealed in a consignment and quite unfortunately he left nobody as his next of kin to the said deposit as he planed to use the fund to support Privileges according to his brief discussion with me as he do visit our Company he really told me this in confident. I need a God fearing person who will stand as NEXT OF KIN to claim this fund to fulfill Mr. Alan Williams dream he has in life; which is building Health Center and Privilege homes for homeless.



I have come to you so that you can present yourself as true next of kin to Mr. Alan Williams for the said deposit he made with our company; I will not like our Company to confiscate this fund or divert it to GENEVA SWITZERLAND as unclaimed consignment. You will have 45% of the total sum deposited fund and use the other balance for the purpose which will be name after Mr. Alan Williams & the family; all I need is to discourse this better with you when I receive a positive answer from you and as well see your willingness to handle this project on behalf of Mr. Alan Williams family. With these information’s listed below, this will make me know you better and this will give me confident to build trust in you. When Mr. Alan Williams made this deposit he did not disclose the content as cash money to our Company for Security reasons, please I will not like you to disclose this also as fund to our Company or anybody involve until you receive/claim out the consignment from our Company
. FULL NAME, AGE, OCCUPATION, CON



In return of my e-mail I will send to you my own information’s so as to know me better as well; remember I am doing this to save the life of my sick mother in the hospital and also to make sure that Mr. Alan Williams and his family dream comes true.



Ms.Jenny Campbell

Reliance Security Group Services

London UK.

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