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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: "Sari" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <julietbaby4u@yeah.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 12:53:40 -0000
Subject: have a nice day with lot of love.. .

Hi dear
 
with due respect and healthful of tears since we have not known or meet ourselves and i come across your name and email from Independent web site, please bear with me. I really like to have a good relationship with you, and i believe that it is God who send you to me.
My name is Juliet Sari from republic of Sudan in Central Africa Darfur, the only daughter of Mr Al mammy Sari. who died during the last crisis in my country Sudan, i m 23 years old Girl .my father was late and he was a farmer and also the manager of Aggro chemical company ltd  Sudan but he was  unlucky to be among those killed by the rebels army. When he was alive, he deposited some amount of money in Europe bank with my name as the next of kin, the amount is 870.000.00 (Eight hundred and seventy thousand Pounds sterling); hence i would like you to Stand as My foreign partner or Trustee To claim the deposit on my behalf, You will Help me to invest the money on a lucrative investment in your country.
 
After the death of my daddy i and my mother were brutally humiliated by our so called blood relations when they were fighting to take over my father's properties and that led to my mothers death by heart attack then i managed to leave my country with my late fathers vital documents containing his death certificate and statement of his account to nearby country, Benin Republic l where l am as a refugee.in fountain of life home care, My dear, i shall be delighted if you could assist me on the transfer of this money into your account and also help me to relocate to your country for my dear life. However i would like you to help me use some part of this money to build motherless baby home in your country,
 
I am here in the missionary fountain of life Orphanage Home care as a refugee and  I have no other person as family here,  all my family scattered  away when war started hence i have never tell any body about the money, in case if you want to speak to me i will give you phone Number where you will reach me. so that you can call me and we discuss in details My dear, i am moved to contact you after going through your profile though it does not say everything about you so i would like you to send me your your full name, address, occupation, date of birth and your phone number so that i can nominate you with letter of authorization  at the bank as to enable the bank to  acknowledge you as my partner or trustee before the transfer of this  money to your country so that i can join you there in your country as soon as you confirm the money into your account,Indeed i am taking you as my everything in life and i hope that you will help me so that we can start a
better life and i will come over to meet you as soon as bank transfer the money.Thanks and may God bless you as you care for an orphan like me. have a nice day with lot of love. while i do hope to hear from you soon, Yours sincerely, Juliet. kindly reply to this email (juliet4u@yeah.net)

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