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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: Blessing Favour <ffranz4gander@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: blessing33_joseph@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:50:13 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hello Dear,




Hello Dear,

¿Cómo están usted y el cuerpo de cada alrededor de usted, yo escribo este message.Please me perdone si me interferir en su privacidad, Mi nombre es Miss Bendición Joseph Young, de 21 años de edad, soy la única hija del difunto Dr. José Joven de Liberia, mi padre era el dueño de Cocoa Industries Limited y fue asesor personal a nuestro ex jefe de Estado (finales del Sr. Muhammad Idris). Mi propósito de ponerse en contacto con usted es lo primero, quiero saber más acerca de usted lo que voy a conocer las áreas que serán de ayuda para mis necesidades. Tengo algo de razonable cantidad de dinero que mis padres se fueron para mí antes de su prematura muerte, quiero planear mi futuro, invirtiendo ese dinero en un buen negocio y rentable, pero no sé por dónde empezar y es por eso que tengo interesado en ponerse en contacto con usted con la esperanza de que va a ser un tipo sincero a mí por que me lleva a través del proceso de la derecha para ver
que ese dinero no se desperdicia porque es mi única esperanza de la planificación para mi futuro. por favor, no se sorprenda o asustado porque todas mis palabras son muy sincera y lo voy a demostrar como nos comunicamos bien.



De su contacto i observado usted es una personalidad importante antes de que me hice a la idea ponerse en contacto con you.Though i no te conozco en persona, pero su garantía puede motivar a que te diga todo sobre el dinero que quieren invertir y entrar en con esta inversión a mi lado. no tengo experiencia i términos de cualquier inversión extranjera, pero me gustaría que pudieras ser honesto para mí porque tengo miedo de elegir el negocio equivocado o perder este dinero. Tan pronto como reciba su respuesta se decidirá en la siguiente línea de acción, recuerda que me llamó la atención cuando vi su contacto y por eso tengo el valor para escribir en la primera place.You me conocerán más a medida que comunicarse a lo largo y también voy a enviar mis fotos tan pronto como he oído de usted para que usted verá que usted se está comunicando. Gracias por su comprensión a la espera de saber de usted.

saludos cordiales.

bendición

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Hello Dear,

How are you and every body around you, i am writing to you this message.Please forgive me if i interfere into your privacy,My name is Miss Blessing Joseph Young, 21 years of age, i am the only daughter of Late Dr Joseph Young from Liberia, my father was the owner of Cocoa Industries Limited and he was a personal adviser to our former Head of State (late Mr.Muhammad Idris ). My purpose of contacting you is first, i want to know more about you so that i will know the areas you will be of assistance to my needs. I have some reasonable amount of moneys which my parents left for me before their untimely death, i want to plan for my future by investing this money in a good and profitable business but I don’t know where to start and that is why I got interested in contacting you hoping that you will be kind a sincere to me by leading me through the right process to see that this money is not wasted because it is my only hope of planning for my future
.Please,don’t be surprise or scared because all my words are very sincere and I will prove it as we communicate along.



From your contact i observed you are an important personality before i made up my mind to contact you.Though i don't know you in person but your assurance can motivate me to tell you everything about the money i want to invest and to go into this investment with by my side . i have no experience i terms of any foreign investment but I wish you could be honest to me because i am afraid of choosing the wrong business or loose this money. As soon as i receive your respond we will decide on the next line of action, remember you caught my attention when I saw your contact and that was why i have the courage to write you in the first place.You will know me more as we communicate along and I will also send my pictures as soon as i hear from you so that you will see who you are communicating with.Thanks for your understanding while waiting to hear from you.

best regards.

Blessing

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