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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: Cely Doming <ceydoi33@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ceydo33@hotmail.fr
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:54:08 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: HELLO




Hello! I ‘apologize for this intrusion into your privacy even though this matter is very important and urgent.. My name's are Ms. Cely Domingo, the wife of H.E. Domingo who was the Philippines Former Minister of Industry; who was assassinated by unknown gunmen on his way to office, in Makati City Philippine on the 05 July 2010.Before my husband’s death, he made a total sum of ($22,400.000 USD. Twenty Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars) from oil contracts, the money was moved to offshore in a sealed chest via diplomatic channel and deposited in a storage finance facility in Europe... by my late husband; before his sudden death. The deposit was coded/ secret as a family portfolio. The company staffs (storage facility) other than me and you do not know the original contents of the consignment to be money in total of USD 22,400,000:00, and will only act on the information tagged on it(PersonalItem)



The main purpose of sending you this letter is due to the way I found you perhaps trustworthy to give you this priority to help me claim the fund to relocate to any address you deemed fit to be safe and secure in your country. I hope to trust you as who will not betray me when the fund is claim by you; I’ve decided to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, after you have secured the fund for my kid’s future, while 10% will go for charity donation for humanitarian purpose.



I'm waiting for your urgent response.



Cordially,



Cely.

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