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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: Sumbre R Jimmy <rajojo61@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <sumbre@live.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:45:21 -0500
Subject: Waiting for your response


Dearest

I am Sumbre R Jimmy, 22 years old Medical student in University of
Sudan . I am the only child of my father of a blessed memory by name
Late Mr. Jimmy Lemi Milla was the rural development minister in Sudan.
You can read more about my father death in the BBC news
website:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12403620



I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment am receiving
from my step mother whom in partnership with my father only brother has
taken away all my fathers treasury and assets since the unexpected
death of my Father and also refused me access to everything and hid my
international passport and other valuable traveling documents, luckily
to me she couldn't discover about a deposit of US$4.7m my late
father made with a bank when I traveled with him to Accra on my
18 years which my name was used as next of kin and signed which is the
reason why I followed my father to Ghana.



Due to the maltreatment am receiving since the death of my father I
managed to escape to Accra Ghana through road, and am now
seeking hiding in a private charity organization under St Johns Catholic
Church here in Accra. I am in search of an honest and reliable
person who will help to relocate me in any of the western or any other
place in the world, for a better life and to continue my studies, I have
chosen to contact you after getting your email through a database, and I
believe you are a reliable person who will not let me down or betray my
trust, I know you may wonder why I am telling you about all this, even
without seeing or knowing you fully well, really something in me tells
me that you are a good person and I guess I am not wrong as I have no
choice.



Briefly, I will like to disclose little more about myself to you and see
if you can help me to relocate to your country so as to continue with
my studies and have a new life, and please this is a little secret and I
plead with you to keep it to yourself alone until everything is
properly arranged and executed, then I will come over to join you in
your country. I have the sum of US$4.7Million as an inheritance from my
late father which I will like to invest in your country with your help
and am ready to give you 25% of the money as thanking gift for your
assistance after you have helped me to receive the money and relocate to
your country. I want you to understand that I will not be able to make
this claim because of my refugee status. This fund is deposited in my
late father's bank account with one of the banks here in Accra
and I will personal visit the bank to sign and instruct them to transfer
the money to your account before I come over to join you in your
country, I need your urgent answer of your ability to handle this for me
so that I will visit the bank to submit your account and instruct them
to transfer the money to you immediately because I want to leave this
refugee camp as soon as possible, life here is to me a hell, no love, no
affection and no amenities, more importantly, I love my studies and
here nothing is happening and people here are not friendly,I am really
suffering in this place, it is too painful, but I hope with your help to
transferring the fund in your account, I will have a better life to
live so kindly let me know your readiness to help me and I promise to
always be nice and faithful I am waiting for your urgent response.



Yours Sincerely,

Miss Sumbre Jimmy

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