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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: Cynthia Thomas <cyn.thomas2012@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sid2moon@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:12:03 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Please I Need Your Help

My Dear,

Good day to you, I hope fine, dear am writing this mail with due
respect and heartful of tears,sorrow and pains in my heart, since i have
not known or met ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance,i
beg you read my letter and see if you can render
me assistance to my situation now.

I want to seek your lovely care and help to come over to your country to
stay, continue my education and investment my inheritance fund.
I am a god fearing girl of 20 years Miss Cynthia Thomas the only born of my
father late Mr.Thomas a successful business man and the Director of
Gold Export Corporation of Ghana. Life is difficult for me now after
several attacks by unknown men to shoot me to death.


An Investigations where made that one of them was caught and it happened to
be my late fathers manager and my uncle. They planed to kill me in other to
inherit all my father's assets.

My father's lawyer now handed over to me a document of my late father’s
money deposited in the Security Company which is the sum of 2.9 Million
dollars with 60KG Gold Bars and suggested or advised me to fly out with
this money to a foreign country to
invest the money and stay to continue my education for my safety.

Please this is urgent and I need you to help me complete the transaction and
also help me to claim this the fund and this Gold Bars to enable me come to over
to your country.I am ready to offer you 35% of this fund once we complete the transaction.
Please contact me here (caroline5ben@gmail.com)
Yours,

Miss Cynthia Thomas

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