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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: "Miss:Hope Moses" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mmiss.hope@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:45:39 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir,

Dear Sir,


My name is Miss Hope Moses from Abuja, Nigeria and I will be 18 years by November.

I have an inheritance of eight million seven hundred and fifty thousand United States dollars (US$8,750,000.00) in a bank here in Nigeria from my Late father Dr. George Moses. He said that the money was meant for establishing his business in Abuja. My father deposited the money in his own name and mentioned me in the documents as the next of kin. Before his death he advised me to seek for a trust worthy person abroad who will help me invest and manage this money for me until I am capable to handle it.

Please I need your assistance to get this money transfer and invested in your country on my behalf because the bank said from the agreement my father has with them that I can only claim the money directly when I am 25 years old or I should look for a guardian who will help me in receiving the money for investment purposes in his or her country if am not upto 25 years. Due to lack of security here, I am seeking for your assistance to help me transfer out this money from this bank he deposited it to your account so that you can invest it in any good business in your country and also help me to move out from here because of the insecurity here and so for me to continue my education in a good school in your country.

Please if you are ready to stand as my guardian for the bank to transfer the money to you on my behalf am willing to give you 25% from the inheritance for standing as my guardian. Also know that you are going to manage and invest the remaining for me .Please I am on my kneels begging you to accept standing as my guardian so that my inheritance can be transferred to your country where it will be save.

If for any reason you will not be able to assist me on this project, please write me back so that I can look for another person to assist me.

Yours sincerely,
Miss Hope Moses.

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