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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: UGENT <infohsbcbankuk23@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ryanava127@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 23:12:40 +0100
Subject: UGENT ANSWER

DEAR


As I was going through all this, not up to some hours a message came
to me from my late father's attorney in Republic du Benin (Cotonou to
be precise), that I should quickly start coming over to meet up with
him concerning my late father's antiques property which he has kept
for so many years and never told me about it when he was alive. The
Lawyer said, this antiques has really appreciated in the Arts & Crafts
auction market, to the level that it is now worth $20million, from the
initial $10million my late father bought it in those days. You know my
Dad was a wealthy businessman in those days that learnt how to use his
funds wisely, instead of keeping his funds in a bank that will
squander all his funds or tell stories later in the years, he rather
used all his funds to buy valuable antiquities that we regenerate
double the income in later years.


To my amazement the lawyer, said it has been lying down in the
national museum all this while, and recently a Japanese billionaire
who is an Art & Craft collector, went into the same museum and saw the
antiques, then made investigations of the owners, before finally
ending up meeting the lawyer to my late father. The buyer proposes to
purchase the Antiques merchandise for $20million immediately without
any hesitation with all signs of seriousness from the seller.


Thanks to God that my late Father was so wise enough to hire this
wonderful lawyer (as I also call him our new savior) to watch over the
antiques on my behalf in any event of his demise so that no any other
external party can claim the antiques not even the Benin Government
except only me his rightful sole heir. But one bad idea he set and
placed in his insurance policy on this antiques is that I must be
married, engaged or involved with another responsible man as my
partner before the lawyer can process the auction of this antiques and
give us the $20million to our possession. Though it is not a bad idea
as the lawyer explained to me that my late father did mentioned that
if he didn't put such kind of insurance policy on ground and the
antiques is sold with the $20million to me without me being involved
with another man I love, I will spend the $20millino foolishly and
live a flamboyant lavishly lifestyle as a lady, but with a responsible
man I love, we both can plan a brighter future and invest the
$20million in viable project ventures to yield better returns for a
brighter future of our generation, which is a wise man's decision.


Now the lawyer asked me if I'm married! And I told him not yet, but I
have a very serious relationship with a responsible man which I
believe is 'YOU", so he said he has to hear from the horse himself
"YOU", before he can commence processing the purchase of this antiques
and help us to also get the funds to our possession. I want both of us
to use this money and invest in your business or any viable project
that you feel is going to be beneficial to our future.


Nothing grows without patience, nothing comes into fruition without
the sun of your attention, without love nothing lasts. Today may not
have been your day, yet tomorrow a brighter sun will rise, as long as
you lay your head in hopeful rest.

Happiness is only a stranger to he who does not live his dream

Regard every living being as you do yourself, harm no one, be kind to
all of life, for you are also part of creation.


Regards

THANKS

miss Ava Ryan

ryanava127@yahoo.com

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