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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: roseline jema <acht_zwanzig@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: roseline jema <mrs_rjema@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:46:02 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Please help me for the love and The Grace of God,


Hello Dear,
My  name
is Roseline Jema,and I'm 22 years old girl my late father, Mr. Koine Jema
Daniel, who was mayor of the town of Cocody in Abidjan in Ivory Coast and close
to  former President Laurent Gbagbo, after the capture of the former 
president by the Rebel loyal to Mr. .Allasane Quatala.
 
 My father
took us into exile in Ghana, one year after my father Mr. Tomb a seriously ill
he was admitted to the private clinic in Accra Ghana. Before his death on 17
February 2012 in this private clinic, he called me on his bed side in the
hospital to inform me that he has a sum of $ 11 million US (eleven million
dollars USD) in a finance security company   here in Abidjan,
and i am the next of kin to the $11 million USD  and  he told me
that I should find someone abroad of my choice who can help me transfer 
the fund and help me invest my money in a good business  that can
fetch us money.
 
My father had left
some instructions concerning the fund.  The director told me that the
money was intended to have a foreign partner  who will find my father
has never   mentioned the name of the foreign partner to the
company he was led to   believe that $ 11 million was to its
associate and foreign partner   avoided that his money was
frozen by the party in power today.
 
1)Name of
the recipient ......, 2) Address ............., 3) Use ............, 4
Nationality ..........,  5) Your age / sex ........., 6) Your marital
status ........, 7) Your direct phone number.........

Please help me for the love of God,
Miss Roseline Jema

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