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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: Jacky Kzumba <mylovewine2008@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:20:14 +0100
Subject: Hello dear,

Greetings,

I am a 25 years old young girl now.I got married at the age of 23,It was
quite unfortunately that,my late husband died by an accident 1 year ago,He
was confirmed dead by our family doctor and then was buried.this days
family of my late husband already try all their best to take everything
that belongs to him only because I don't have any child with him yet before
his death.But they doesn't know that my late husband have something in
common with me when he was alive and am with all necessary document which
will be needed when trying to claim the fund because it was a secret
between I and him.although he deposited it as a FAMILY TREASURE.
only my name and his was on duc. this was deposited with certain Security
firm in Spain before his death.

I inherited this total sum of ($4.7 Million USD ) from my late husband,this
money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a
security code with the finance people there in SPAIN This deposit was coded
under a secret arrangement as a family treasure.This means that the
security firms does not know the content of this trunk box.presently,I have
informed the security firm about my decision with this trunk box which was
in their custody.
NB
I am therefore contacting you basically for both of us to discuss what we
can do with this fund we will Invest and Establish with it based on your
own idea.therefore If you are interested in carrying out this task,I will
kindly want you to write me back for further direction and on how to carry
out this task.but be aware that we have if any expenses are to carry on on
the process of getting the fund done,that it must be done by you and when
the fund is out and in your care you will deduct what ever you invested.we
will discuss percentage also.so what percentage do you think you can take
from the fund??for me I think I will give you 30% of the fund after taken
what you invested to get the fund done.

I know I have never met you but my mind tells me to do this with you and I
hope you act sincerely with me and we have to build trust too.God bless you
for now and I expect to read from you soonest.

Your beloved African Friend,
Jackie

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