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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: "Mrs. Florence Amanda Edward" <arawahara@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Florence Amanda Edward" <florenceedward11@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 03:27:01 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I WANT TO INVEST IN YR COUNTRY



My Dear
Beloved,
 
May you
have peace as you read this message and have the sprit of pity and sincere upon
my present condition, I am Mrs. Florence Amanda Edward. I am a widow from
France; my husband was the deputy director of Coco farm agriculture in West
Africa.  And he was killed by the
rebels during political crisis here on October 2010.  I am now in West Africa where my late husband
deposited this fund.
 
The reason why I am writing you this letter is because of my
inheritance fund that my late husband deposited under a bank here, which was
under my name as the beneficiary; the amount is the sum of €9.5Million EURO
(Nine Million Five hundred thousand Euro) I have only one Son, who is still
little and with me right here.
 
Now, I have decided to invest this fund out side Africa and
where none of my late husband relatives will be aware of this fund. I will like
to invest the fund in your country or anywhere for security and political
reasons. I want you to assist me claim and retrieve this fund into your
personal account in your country for investment purposes on these areas:
 
1). Estate Management
2). Transport industry
3). Five star hotel
4). Animal Breeders
 
If you can be of any assistance to me I will be pleased to
offer to you 25% of the total fund. I do not want any of my late husband
relatives to be aware of this fund, why because they are not faithful to me and
my only Son, after I lost my husband. You can even visit us here if you wish,
So that you can see the bank management in person, if you have enough time. But
you may not be able to come now, kindly provide me with your details; Your full
Name, Your home address and your direct telephone number. I believe once you
assisted to help, you will not have any sprit to betray my trust. The documents
of this deposit are with me and the bank director who knows my late husband has
confirmed that the fund is still save with their bank.
 
I await your immediate response with your details
 
Sincerely
Mrs. Florence Amanda Edward

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