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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. Rose McConnell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.rosemcconnell@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 22:26:55 -0700
Subject: From Rose McConnell. tu

Dearest Friend

My name is Mrs Rose McConnell am 75yrs old of age, i stay in new york

city, USA.I am a good merchant, I have several industrial companies

and good share in various banks in the world.I spend all my life on

investment and coporate business. all the way i lost my husband and two

beautiful kids in fatal accident that occur in November 5th 2003.

I am a very greedy woman with all cost i dont know much and care about

people, since when I have an experience of my it difficult to sleep

and give rest.


later in the year 2004 Febuary i was sent a letter of medical check

up,as my personal Doctor testify that i have a lung cancer, which can

easily take off my life soon.I found it uneasy to survive myself,

because a lot of investment cannot be run and manage by me again. I quickly

call up a pastor/prophet to give me positive thinking on this

solution, as my adviser.He minister to me to share my properties ,wealth, to

motherless baby/orphanage homes/people that need money for survivor

both student that need money/ business woman and man for their

investment and for future rising. So i am writing this letter to people who

really need help from me both student in college, to contact me urgently.

so that i can make available preparation on that.especially women of

the day, who are divorced by their husband, why they cannot survive the

mist of feeding theirself.


please contact me and stop weeping. probably let me now what you

really need the money for, and if you can still help me to distribute

money to nearest orphanages homes near your town. now am so much with

God, am now born again. May you be blessed, as you reach me,please to

remind you, don't belongs to scammers or any act of fraudulent on

internet. I will give more information to you as i await your response

immediately.


Best Regards
Rose McConnell.

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