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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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Fraud email example:

From: MISS Sonia Edwards <belindafamily@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: dr.ericedwards@voila.fr
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 06:06:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Happy Easter From Sonia.






>From Happy Easter From Sonia.

How are you today? i was convince within my heart that i can trust you
with all my heart but my only fear now is that i hope and pray you beleive
what i have to tell you.

I am miss Sonia Edwards, My mother was an frican American
while my father was from the french speaking colony of Cote D' Ivoire,
i was living with my mother not too far from Charleston building, 601 57th
Street,Charleston West Virginia USA. And i attended Charleston senior
High School,1201 Washington Street E, Charleston, WV.
I lost my mother sometimes ago and after her death i came to meet my
father for the very first time in Cote d'Ivoire, though he was also living
in the state before he relocated back to Cote d' Ivoire to set up a
business.

Exactely two months and one week after i came to meet my father with the
help of US consulates he died, he was very sick when we came to meet him,
but before his death there was some documents he gave to me and he told me that
everything he worked for in his life time is in that documents when we
crosscheck the documents i discovered that my late father deposited
Fifteen Million Five Hundred United States Dollars in secured in security finance firm in Europe meant for further offshore investment only. He wishes to invest in a stable economy like in your country. His interest is in companies with potentials for rapid growth in long terms.

The reason we are  telling you this is that we just a small  and there is
little or nothing we could do on our own and again if my late father
relative find out that my late father left that kind of money in my care i
don't know what they might do to me and my brother, so we need your to
help me and my brother contact the security finance firm in Europe and claim the whole money for
me as my Guandian,and take us along with you.

If you do this for me apart from the love and respect, i will also offer you
30% of the total money for helping me.Please i requested for your trust and
understanding because it might sound unbeleivable but it is the truth

Yours Truly
>From Miss Sonia Edwards .

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