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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: "Madam Susan Lucio" <gnice369@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mdmeve39@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:46:28 -0000
Subject: Hello

Hello,
Pardon me for Contacting You Through this media. But please I am in
Desperate Need of your assistance; My Name is Madam Susan Lucio the wife
of Mr.L.Henry Sy Mayor of Rizal in Cagayan Province.

Who Was recently in the Philippine Killed by Gunmen on 4th December 2009,
Well Threat During the late husband on my life , He gave me the total sum
of U S Dollars .$ 6,500.000 (Six million Five hundred Thousand USD) and
asks me to put it in a box .
Then deposit it in a security and finance company abroad just in case
anything ever Happen to him. I did deposit the total sum as He gave it to
me under a secret arrangement as a family valuable. This Means That the
security company does Not Know the content of this metallic box.Since the
death of my late husband , the Philippine state government has blocked me
and my late husband accounts Through the help of my late husband family.

Also my late husband brothers succeeded in Collecting Have All Our
properties from me That i s under my control and They Are Still looking
for more. Therefore I am Contacting you to help me secure the sum Which I
Explain to you above , for the future of my kids. Since my late husband
family made it impossible for me to move out of my late husband in
Philippine house Please do tell me if I can trust you as Who Will Not sit
on this money When You Claim it. I am willing to Give you 20% of the total
sum in box After That You Have successfully secured it.

Hence I want you to contact the the security company as my business
partner / associate, after receiving the prove from me to enable the
company release the consignment to you diplomatically, while I join you on
the arrival of the box.

I have recently paid all demur-rage ,storage charges and the shipment fee,
all you need to do is to help me contact the security company and
introduce yourself as my business partner / associate ,requesting the
shipment of the box to your address which you will provide.

And as soon as Diplomatic shipping agent approved the shipment and tell
you the arrival date of the box then I will join you to give you 20% of
the money instantly before I go on with the proposed investment in your
domain provided is secured and investment friendly. Please if you are
interested and willing to represent me as my business partner / associate
kindly write me as soon as possible.Private Email:mdmeve39@yahoo.com.ph

Thanks and remain blessed
Madam Susan Lucio
Email: mdmeve39@yahoo.com.ph

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