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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: wendyyong@lesamis.com.sg
Reply-To: rebecca.bube@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:39:05 +0800
Subject: Hello Dear

How are you doing today, hope all is well with you over there in your
country,i hope you are enjoying the atmosphere of peace and love.
With due respect,i hope this message will find you in the best of your
health.I am happy to receive your mail today,i really like to have a
good relationship with you.
I have a special reason why i decided to contact you,its because of
the urgency of my situation here,and Like i said my name is Miss
Rebecca Darbo,i am from Liberia in Monrovia the capital city of my
country in west Africa. I'm 25 years old, fair in complexion.
I am a medical student, i stopped my education last year being 2012.
Please i wrote not only to introduce myself to you, but also know that
the receipt of my communication shall be a great surprise to you,
considering the fact that we did not know each other or had any
negotiation before now.

I deemed it necessary to introduce myself in detail to you and the
need for your assistance to claim and invest my inheritance for me. I
was a Secretary to my late fathers company,starting from my school
level up till his death.
My late father Dr.Edward Darbo, was a successful business man, he was
also the Director of (EDWARD INDUSTRY COMPANY LTD) West Africa which
is popular in my country. He was the former assistant head of state
during military regime in my country. Unfortunately i lost him last
2years ago, because of the problem he had with his elder brother
concerning his company.
His elder brother was assisting him as the manager of his company, you
know that this world is full of wickedness and evil. My father helped
him because he is the only blood brother which he have,due to his
wickedness and greediness he planned with higher killers and killed my
father and pretended that my father was killed by armed Robbers,but he
didn't know that i knows his secret.

After some months, he also planned to kill me as he killed my father,
due to my mother was also not alive, she died when i was at the age of
12 years,i didn't even enjoy my mothers hood, and after that my father
was taking very good care of me till his death. So my wicked uncle
want to take all the factory and the company alone, but one of his
guard reviewed the secret to me and i escaped from my country after i
received some threats that shows me that he want me dead so that he
will take all that belongs to my Father,because i am the only child of
my Father.

For life is much important than wealth.So i managed to escape to the
nearest country called Ghana where i am now living as a refugee. Here
its just like one staying in the prison and i hope by God's grace i
will come out of here soon.The only person i have now is Rev Lucas
mboge, who is the Reverend in charge of the catholic church here in
the camp, he has been very nice to me since i came here, but i am not
living with him,rather i live in the females hostel, because the camp
have two hostels one for men the other for women.I write and reply
mails through the office of the reverend.

The Reverend Tel number is (+233 240 650 147) if you call, please tell
him that you want to speak with me so that he will send for me in the
hostel.Call any time from 10:00am GMT.Please as a refugee here, i
don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or
whatever, because it is against the law of this country.

I want to go back to my studies, because i only attended my first year
in the university,before the tragic incident that led to the death of
my parent took place.
Please i wish to contact you personally for a long term business
relationship and investment assistance in your country.

Please listen to this,i have my late father's Statement of account and
his death Certificate here with me which i will send to you later,
because when he was alive, he deposited some amount of money in a
leading bank in here in Ghana, which he used my name as the next of
kin, the amount in question is $5.5M (Five Million five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars).
I have written to the bank where the money is deposited on how to
retain my late fathers money,and they told me that i will have a
capable foreign partner who will assist me because of my refugee
status.So i will like you to help me to transfer this money to your
bank account and from it you can send me some money for me to get my
traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet you.
I kept this secret to people in the camp here, the only person that
knows about this is the Reverend, because he is like a father to me
here in the camp. So in the light of above i will like you to keep it
to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my
life and the money if people gets to know about it.

Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i
deposed on you,because i believe you are a honest and God fearing
person.I will soon be with you for more love and care over there in
your base.
My favorite language is English. Meanwhile i will like you to call me
like i said,i have a lots to tell you.I have attached my picture here
to show you whom i am.I will also be expecting your own attached
picture to my mail box.Have a nice day and think about me.Awaiting to
hear from you soonest.
Yours Forever in mind,
My email is rebecca.bube@yahoo.com
Rebecca

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