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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: JENNY CHARITY HOME <jennycharitycare@live.com>
Reply-To: jennycharitycare@gmail.coma
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:57:45 -0500 (EST)
Subject: God bless you


FROM: JENNY”S CHARITY HOME
ADDRESS1:PLOT 6 WUSE CLOSE
CITY:ABUJA
BRANCH:LAGOS
COUNTRY:NIGERIA


Pleasant Day,

I am writing to you on behalf of the Basic Necessities Fund. Basic
Necessities Fund is a charity organization. Our objective is to raise
awareness about the lack of basic amenities in the countryside for the
less privileged ones and the orphans, and raise funds to send them
back to school and provide basic amenities for them. we also need
funds to send most of them to hospitals as some are suffering from
various diseases and ailments and most of them have been rejected by
their parents and the society in large, we crave your indulgence to
combine with us to give these children lives worth living, Our way to
do this is to stage a play, that carries a social message, every three
months. Proceeds from ticket sales go to local NGOs there who will be
responsible for sending them to hospitals

On March 10, 2014, Basic Necessities Fund will be staging a play
titled "The Other Side". In order to stage it, we will incur a lot of
expenditure - from the cost of resting lights and sound equipment, to
arrange costumes sets, and advertising costs. Any monetary help
towards these expenses would be appreciated, however small the amount.
It will go a long way in forwarding our cause. (If recipient is a
business, add 'In return for your generosity, the name of your company
will appear on our posters, banners, advertisements, and brochure)
PLEASE HELP US BRING BACK SMILES TO THE FACES OF OVER 212 CHILDREN
most of them from SENEGAL,PHILIPPINES,south africa and Benin Republic, and so on.

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Thank you for considering our request. If you have any questions or
need further information, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,

JENNY”S CHARITY HOME FOR ALL

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