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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: "Queen Morrison" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <queenmorrison2012@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:58:30 -0700
Subject: PLEASE I NEED A RESPONDS FROM YOU.

Dear Beloved

Greetings and how are you today.First i would like to thank you for taking time to read this mail.I am Queen Morrison the only child of Mr Richard Morrison,I am 19 years old and incapable of handling anything on my own for now.my mother died some few years back before my dads death .I am an orphan now looking for help from God.we are from Abidjan cote d' ivoire,I am staying with my uncles now after my fathers death, my uncle are unbelievers of the word of God,But i am a christian.

Please i would like to request that you keep this very confidential because of my personal safety,my father's brothers are currently treating me badly and would do anything to harm me if they get to know about this deposit.But unfortunately,they do not know about this deposit.As it was made in my name.I would like to plead with you not to be biased towards helping me out.Life has not been the same ever since my father's death,the family has become very unfair and now treat me like a slave which my late father and mother never did.I would also like to let you know that am hoping this fund would not take much time before it is transferred as i cant wait to go back to school.

My father deposited the sum of 6.2million dollars in a bank before his death,so i am looking for someone that will be a God fearing person that will help me in this transfer.I hereby seek your assistance in the following ways:

1) To serve as my foreign investor/guardian for transfer to your account.
2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education
3) To help me invest the money in a profitable venture in your
country. We shall discuss your percentage later if you are interested.

I want this money transferred to you for safe keeping after the money has been transferred then i will start making arrangement of coming to your country to start school.

Waiting to hear from you soon.

Thanks

Queen Morrison

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