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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: "Bernadette Kakenyi" <kakenyi@royalmedia.co.ke>
Reply-To: brian@barid.com
Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 17:07:58 +0300
Subject: With Faith!!



My Dearest Beloved,

I am writing you this letter with the believe you will treat my message
with utmost honesty and sincerity of purpose which is my main reason for
confiding in you. It is with tears that I am writing you this mail but I
don't need your pity, but love to my son. My mail may seem very pitiable,
painful and sorrowful, but there is favor I want you to do to my letter
rather than pity me alone! This is to LOVE and CARE for my only surviving
child. I was an orphan and I do not want my son to experience what I have
been through in the orphanage.

My name is Mrs Elizabeth Bernardette Brian,I was married to the late
General Thompson Brian, who died with our two daughters in Indonesia on
26th of December 2004 during the Tsunami disaster, as a result the shock
of that painful incident, my cancer sickness got worst and I have been
suffering from cancer, hearing problem and hypertension. I can not trace
my husband's relatives because they all perished in disaster. At present,
my only means of communicating with my doctor and my son is through body
language and writing.

I, my husband and our children had lived in Ivory Coast for seventeen
years. We all were supposed to travel to Indonesia in 2004 December, but
my bad health, never permitted me to travel with them, which made me and
my son stayed behind while my husband and our two daughters traveled. If
not, all of us would have perished in the tsunami Disaster. My reason of
writing you this mail is due to the report that came to me recently from
my doctor. After my last diagnostic result, l was told by the doctors that
I may not leave for more than one month ahead, because of the damage the
cancer have caused in my system unless I undergo an urgent surgical
operation upon which my chance of survival is less than 30% according to
the medical experts. As it stands, I have given-in to fate and have found
God on my sick bed. But I have a more worrying problem, which is why I am
contacting you.

This is about my only son, his name is Emmanuel Brian. Since it is now
obvious that I may die soon ,my son's future have been the greatest
problem bordering me.I want you to take care of my son please. He is only
9 years old and we have no person here to take care of him if I die
today,I was deserted by my friends and relatives. My Husband and I have an
investment account of about 7.5million us dollars in one of biggest bank
here of which I am a signatory to and the only beneficiary of the money
since after his death.He had intended to use this money for investment in
Indonesia before his untimely death struck him. I want you to take this
money and my son. Use the money for an investment, that you will manage
until my son grows up to take over the investment. I will like you to take
my son as your own son, give him the love I could have given him. Do not
let him feel the pains of being an orphan,give him good education, bring
him up into a responsible man.

As soon as I receive your reply in absolute truth to accept my request not
because of the money which I offer but for the Love of my son, I will
authorize my bank to transfer the money to you directly and I will also
draw up my WILL in your favor. This will be made with the assistance of my
Late husbands attorney. All I need is your assurance that you will not
treat my son badly. I am writing you this mail with great tears in my eyes
and I pray you will be honest towards this mail I write to you today.

Please reply this mail immediately if you have the sincerity desire to
help me in this despondent situation: please email back.

Yours beloved.
Mrs Elizabeth Bernardette Brian


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