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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: Marie Jean <marie123jean@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:32:44 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello


good morning dear , please my name is Marie Jean, I am an orphan girl I never know I was adopted until the sudden death of my beloved adopted parents because I was adopted when I was six or seven months old baby in a motherless home. I have primary and High school education, very soon i  will be 20 years old girl. before the death of my adopted father, he called me to his bed side and told me that he was poisoned by his brothers and his business associates and i should keep away from them because he kept some money and property that  worth up to two million five hundred thousand dollars in one financial organisations with my name as the next of kin.

after the death of my adopted father his families came together threatened my life to hand over all my adopted fathers banking and property documents to
them, but if i do that they will kill me and claim all that belong to me,that is why i have to follow my adopted fathers advise that i should keep away from all the documents and look for a good and God fearing person that will help me to claim the money and invest it in a peaceful country where i will be very far from his wicked brothers and sister.


please I need your urgent assistant on relocating to your country for the safety of my life and further my education in one of the high school in your country and be living peacefully, because i will concentrate on my university study,so all profits made and proceedings from the business shall be shared equally between me and you. These are the best thing that i can do for a open hearted someone like you,because when there is no help and everybody deserted me ,you came to my rescue, I hope you will understand me.please If ready to assist me from this scenario, please kindly reply me for more
details of my intention and giving explanation.



with all regards
yours
Marie Jean

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