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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: Janice Beal <blendaikeya@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Janice Beal <ccmoonlite1@inmano.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 03:30:57 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Janice


>From Miss Janice and Victor Beal

Please permit me to introduce ourselves to you.

I know this letter may come to you as a surprise since we don't know each other before either have we meet before. But it takes only but a day to know a person.

I am Miss Janice Beal and my kid brother Victor Beal, We are the Children of late Mr. Edwards Beal of blessed memory. My father was one of the governing bodies of our formal president, (Laurent Gbagbo), before the death of our late father he made a deposit of the total sum of US$7,400,000 (Seven Millions Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with one of the prime bank here in Abidjan the capital city of Ivory Coast. which he used my name as the first child as the next of kin, Since after the death of our father, my father's brother and family want to kill myself and my younger brother Victor to claim everything that belongs to our father, having known that we have no person to stand for us, our mother died when my brother Victor was three years of age. For this strong reason, We have to run away and stay in a hidden place where they cannot locate us until I am through and transfer this money into a save hand where we will continue our education.
 
I am soliciting for your kind assistance to claim and transfer this fund from the bank where it was deposited by our late father. You will stand as his foreign business associate to claim this money from the bank. You will also serve as the guardian and manager of this fund and investment till we complete our education. Please, don't misunderstand my fear, because every body around us here is trying to cheat on us, I want you to send to me your personal information for more trust that you will not betray us when this money is transferred to your bank account.

1, Your complete names.....
2, Your contact address......
3, Your direct telephone and fax number.......
4, A copy of your diver's permit and your photo........

I and my brother Victor will be delighted to offer you 20% of the total sum for your honest assistance towards us on this regards.

I will give you further details as soon as I hear from you, please treat this message urgent and reply immediately.
We wait for your response,
Thank you and God bless you
Yours sincerely children
Janice and Victor Beal

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