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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: pierre TCHOUPE <ptchoupe@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:27:50 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Fw:: contact the bank immediatel






----Mail transféré----
De: helendickson09@yahoo.com
À: ptchoupe@yahoo.fr
Envoyés: lun. 30 déc. 2013 10:03 HNEC
Objet: contact the bank immediatel

My Darling
Hope you're doing good over there, thanks once again for your kind mail, and understanding, as i said about trust,not that i know you before or i understand your language but the believe i have and i really suffered here,so please help me, that is why I gave you this information  hoping that you will never betrayed me after the transfer of my money to your account. before i contacted you i pray over it and ask God to give me the right man that will help me and i know that he will never disappoint me now i know is you.
 
I promise you that you will never regret in helping me, I have all the prove of this fund all needed legal document is here with me, Listen I have not told anyone except you and rev Basil about the existence of this  money and I will like you to please keep it secret to other people because since it is (MONEY) all eyes will be on it. Remember I trust you honey that is why I am giving you all this information's!. My love is for you and you alone, please I have informed the bank about my plans to claim this money and the only thing they told me is to look for a foreign partner who will stand on my behalf due to my refugee status and the laws of this country.
 
You will have 15% of the total money for helping me and the remaining money will be managed by you in any business of your choice since am too young to manage the amount. In this regards I will like you to contact the bank immediately with this information, tell them that you are my foreign partner and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me transfer my 5.7 million dollars deposited by my late father Dr William Dickson, of which I am the next of kin to your account in your country.
 
Deposit Certificate Number: RBS810101785
Royal Bank Of Scotland  (RBS)

Email:                rbs_info1@rocketmail.com
                           rbs_info1@accamail.com
                         

Telephone;   +447042068952
Fax number; +44-7005-807-719
Director Of Finance: Sir. Stephen Hester

Contact them now on how to transfer the 5.7million dollars deposited by my late of which I am the next of kin. I have mapped out 15% for your assistance and 5% for any expenses that might come up in this transfer. My dear I am glad that God has brought you to see me out from this situation and I promise to be kind and will equally need you in every area of my life plus investing this money since I'm still too young to manage it.
 
As I told you before, this camp is just like a prison and my prayers is to move out from here as soon as possible. Please make sure that you contact the bank so that after the transfer you will send some money from that money for me to prepare my traveling documents as i don't have passport now and other thing to meet with you in your country. let kiss, as I Awaiting to hear you soon after you contact and heard from the bank .
Yours forever in love,
Miss Helen
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