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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: Glory Sary <anderson.scott19@gmail.com>
Reply-To: glorysary737@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:54:20 +0100
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME TO REGAIN MY FREEDOM


*Dear FriendHow are you doing this beautiful day! I hope all is well with
you, Friendship cannot be measured in terms of material value, nor can it
be explained through our use of language, it is a thing that is felt deep
within the heart, where no words can ever come close to the truth. I want
to use this opportunity to brief you little about myself, My Name is Glory
Sary, I am single, 20 years old, born in Ghana, with no kid and never
married. 5 ft 8 inches Tall, 55 kg weight, black hair and brown eyes, fair
in complexion, I have a nice family which I lost doing the war which was
caused by some Islamic group that took place my in country some years
ago. The rebels attacked our house early morning and killed my parents in a
cold blood. It was only me and my little sister that survive this tragedy
because I wasn't around when it happened. I was a first year student then,
studying Accounting at the University of Ghana and I managed to run to the
refugee camp where I'm presently seeking asylum under Government for the
Refugee here in Cotonou , Republic of Benin, because the evils that killed
my parents seize to kill and take away my belongings . I am Calm, Joyful,
Honest, Sociable, Intelligent, Romantic, Kind and Tender. I enjoy
Traveling, Having Rest on Nature, Meeting with Friends, Swimming, Tennis
Game, Poem, Driving, & Going to the Beach. Also I love all kinds of music,
mostly R & B, Blues, Hip Hop etc. I am a Simple & understanding girl who
Cherish, Honesty, Tolerance, Love, Care and Friendship, I am looking to
meet someone who will first of all be my friend and maybe more than Friends
later. How you are this day and how is your country? Mine is a little bit
hot over here in Cotonou. In this camp we are only allowed to go out from
the camp only on Mondays and Fridays of the weeks. It’s just like one
staying in the prison and I hope by Gods grace I will come out here soon, I
don't have any relatives now whom I can go to, all our relatives ran away
in the middle of the war the only person I have now is Rev. Mark, who is
the pastor of the (United Christian Center) here in the camp, he has been
very nice to me since I came here but I am not living with him rather I am
leaving in the woman's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men
the other for women. As a refugee here, I don't have any right or
privileged to anything because it is against the law of this Muslim
country. I want to go back to my studies because I only attended my first
year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now
took place. Please listen to this, I have my late father's deposit
certificate and death certificate here with me which I will send to you
later, because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a
leading financial institution bank which he used my name as the next of
kin, the amount in question is $7.5 Million dollars,(Seven Million Five
hundred thousand dollars) then I decided to contact you hoping that with
your advanced knowledge we can be able to work together, so that if all
things works out for us, we can go into investment in your peaceful
country. Though it took me time to make up my mind to contact you. Moreover
I contacted the financial institution where this fund is deposited for them
to advise me on what to do in order to have access to my late father's
property, the legal department of the institution told me that in a
situation like mine, that the best solution is by soliciting for assistance
of a reliable foreigner who is trustworthy and faithful and who can assist
me claim and receive the fund on my behalf. I will attach the Deposit
Certificate, the Death Certificate and I will also give you the institution
details and info for your contact, please keep this to yourself. So I will
like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can
send me some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to
come over to meet with you in your country if you wish. I kept this secret
from people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the
Reverend Mark, because he is like a father to me here. So in the light of
above I will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone
for I am afraid of losing my life and the money if people get to know about
it. I like honest and understanding people, truthful and am a girl of
vision, trustworthy and hardworking, my favorite language is English but
our language here is French but I speak English very fluently. Have a nice
day and God bless you as you help me and regain my freedom. Please treat
this as urgent so that I will forward you contact information to the bank
to enable you contact the Bank. this is my email glorysary737@yahoo.it
<glorysary737@yahoo.it>Waiting to hear from you soonest yours
faithfully. Glory Sary.*

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