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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: rose nani <rosenani94@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:35:21 +0700
Subject: hello good day

hello good day
hope this mail will not be in any way It can make you upset or angry.
I have your email address today in my search. for trust people
address?, how are you and your family not to mention friends and work
together? hope you all are okay.please bear with me. I really like to
have a
good relationship with you, and I have a special reason why I decided
to contact you.

My name is Miss rose nani.I I have 24 years of Benghazi Libya in
North Africa, I am 5.6ft tall, fair in complexion, am a resident
single.Presently the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal as a result
Civil War and the crisis of war there have been problems in my country.

My late father Dr.nani mbogo was one of the richest diamond and
distributor of oil in our country before the rebels attacked my house
one early morning killing my mother and father.
the tragic war which claim the lives of parents and now living me as
an orphan now and I managed to make my way to the country Senegal
where i am leaving now.I would like to know more about you.Your likes
and dislikes, your hobbies and what that you are doing presently.

Please listen to this, I have my late father of account 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 bank which
he used my name as the relatives, the amount in question is $ 4.5M
(four million five hundred thousand dollars). and so I tried to make
my way to this country, and I will give 30% of this total amount, if
you help me transfer the money to save my life from this danger now.

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

with respect to the above I would like to be confidential and not tell
anyone for fear I have lost my life and the money if people gets to
know. Remember i am giving all this information due to the trust in
you I trust. I like people honest, kind, respectful, honest and
understanding, truthful and a man of vision, truth and love of the
English language hardworking.I but I would like to know many other if
God give me a chance, but I speak very good English. But I would like
to call me because we still have allot to discuss.
Let me know the following from you.
NAME
YOUR AGE
COUNTRY ...
PHONE ...
Thank you and God bless you, waiting for your urgent response and have
a good day. Patiently waiting to read from you soon
from ROSE NAMI

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