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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: "Ms. Nina Juan" <akone56@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ms.ninajuan@postafiok.hu
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 17:39:43 +0000
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPOND NEEDED

Good Day,

Hope all is well with you? my name is Ms. Nina Juan, the only daughter and
the only child of late Mr. Adams Juan, I am 20 years old girl Single , My
father was the Director of Gold and Cotton products exportation in Burkina
Faso, But at the present am staying in the church hostel Camp, I want you
to help me relocate to your country to further my education

Before the death of my father on 18th February 2007 my father deposited sum
of (USD $1,200,000, four hundred and fifty Thousand U.S Dollars) in a bank
here in Burkina Faso, he instructed me while on his sickbed to look for a
foreign partner not from this country who will help me and transfer this
money out of here and invest it for me, my purpose of contacting you is for
you to help me and transfer the money into your account

I have gone to the bank to verify the method of the transfer with the bank
director and he told me that they can not release the money to me, unless I
provide to the bank a trustee who will invest the money for me, he said
that is the agreement between the bank and my late father

I hope you will not betray the trust I have on you? Because this money is
my only hope in life, you will also help me to relocate over to your
country to continue my education while you will invest the money for me in
any good Business of your choice there in your country, I will compensate
you with 35% for your kind assistance, while you will invest 65% in any
business of your choice.

You will be taking chare of me from the profit you make from the business
which you will use to sponsor me to the university, I can assure
you there is No Risk involve, the money is an inheritance from my late
father I also secured the deposit document of the money with me, when I
receive your return message I will forward to you my passport copy and
pictures and the full Details of the transfer.

I am waiting to receive your returned mail.

Yours Sincerely,

Ms. Nina Juan.

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