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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: rachel juma <rachel_juma1@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: racheljuma1@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 12:03:44 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Good day and remain bless,


Good day and remain bless,
Am
so delighted in writing you today. My name Miss rachel juma 21 years
old an orphan child living in Avenue 14 Rue 16 Treicheville, Please, I
want you to help me relocate, my fund and well being to your country for
good. I learnt in your country they have good schools and masters, so i
will like to continue my education over there to achieve success in my
studies. So that I can make something good out of my life, to Gods
glory.
I
will like to bestow my trust and confidence on you for the safety of my
life and fund, I inherited an important sum of ($ 2.9 Million dollars) from my late Father juma yousuf he kept with financial company in my name and I
have confirmed with the financial company before contacting you. The
only thing i need from you to help me, look for a good university with
amenity to start my study in sciences. And secondly i need your bank
account information’s to move the fund into, so that immediately after
the transfer i will make an arrangement on how to come over to your
country to begin a new life and destiny.
Once
i hear from you based on my request, i will send you my photo in which
you will use in recognizing me during my arrival in your country
airport.
Thanks and remain bless, as you come.Miss rachel juma

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