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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: "Mrs Rosilena King" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rossilenaswiss@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:23:07 -0600
Subject: Dear Friend: This is my Outreach Project

My Greetings,

I am Mrs Rosilena King diagnosed of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
and my Doctor told me that my Life is now short-lived due to the damage
the cancer has done to me.

Having known this condition, I have decided to entrust my entire estate valued
of (Fifteen million united state dollars) towards the fight against HIV AIDS and
CANCER, to you so that you can utilize this money for the upkeep of widows,
people with Physical disabilities and charities.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly because I do not have any child
by stating


Your full name...........
Your mobile number............
Your age.......................
Your sex...........................
Your identification proof ....................
Your occupation...............................
Your country and city.......................

You will be compensated with 30% of the total sum.

NB: I will apreciate your utmost confidentiality and trust in this matter to
accomplish my heart desire, as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my
last wish.

Always write me with below email address:(rossilenaswiss@yahoo.com.hk)

Thanks.
Mrs Rosilena King

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