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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 jean wood" <mrsjeanwood306@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsjeanwood917@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 09:16:25 +0800
Subject: YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING,=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=8F?=


Good day Dear,

In accordance to my religious persuasion, I felt expedient to write and inform
you on the wicked conspiracy hatched by the duo of JUSTICE WILLIAMS and MR.
LAWSON THOMPSON of the Ministry of Finance to divert your money to their
designated account in Europe.

>From my position as a lowly clerk in this office, I discovered that they moved
the fund from United Kingdom to China, and then moved it last week to Banco
Italiano in ITALY. Today I found out through the Central computer database
that they are about to reroute your fund to a security company in West Africa
where they will be able to maneuver the strict IMF money laundering regulatory
orders. With this, I felt that it is important for me to alert you on this
development. They are still using your name and contract/inheritance
identification number as the beneficiary but they have changed the account
co-ordinate and this is the reason they are frustrating you by asking for
endless fees in order to buy time pending on when they will transfer your
funds to their designated account in cayman islands.

I have the reference number of the transaction and also I have the number of
the official who is directly in charge at the SECURITY COMPANY in Africa. Your
payment is supposed to go through the BCEAO Credit Control Financial Clearing
House before final Lodgement into the security company. All the data about
your claim profile are within my reach. I do not need gratification from you
either in cash or kind. I can never be a part of evil because the bible said
YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.

Please respect my discretion in this matter, you can send an email to me so
that I can give you the reference number and the name and contact information
of the officials of the security company. I repeat, please do not expose my
person, it is not easy to get jobs around here and I cannot contend with these
powerful individuals because they can eliminate me just like that. You can
reach me also on my new e-mail address- mrsjeanwood917@gmail.com I access this
more often.

God bless you
Mrs. Jean Wood

Mr. Lee Chong
Chairman ZFH
Zenith Finance Home-HSBC
Telex: zfh-892hsbc
C/o Embassy of the Republic of France,
No.3, Dong San Jie,
San Li Tun,Chaoyang District,
Beijing, 100600, China

#***Electronic Transmission Code: DFHG25M71

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