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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: "Susan Philip" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <susanphilip1@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 23:13:09 +0100
Subject: Bonds Transfer

My Dear,

How are you my dear??? How was your day? I hope fine?
Now i will like to explain more to you in details my position and why i initiated this contact with you but before i proceed i will want to plead you to please put love first in this relationship i wished to build with you .Due to my critical condition right now i will not hesitate to make known to you all about me so please do not deter as i am going to expose a lot about my self and background here to you without us knowing each other very well in the time past but i believe that every solid relationship partnership starts just on a day so ours as i am wishing can not be different. I hope you will forgive me if i have gone far beyond your imagination expectation from a new friend. My name is Susan Philip 25 years old single and never married,I am the only daughter of my Father,i am from Libya in northern Africa and presently i am residing in the refugee camp here in LOME REP of TOGO as a result of the civil war that was fought in my country.

More About Me and My Family Background:
My late father was among the important people in my country who opposed the government of Gaddafi before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed him with my mother in cold blood.i am the only one alive now and i managed to make my way to a West African country LOME REP of TOGO where i am living now as a refugee.
ln this camp we find it hard to go out because we are not allowed to do so, its just like one staying in the prison and l hope by God's grace l will come out here soon. I don't have any relatives now that i can go to, all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is Rev. PAUL PETERSON who is the reverend pastor of the ( LIFE CHRISTIAN PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES here in LOME,TOGO.) he has been very good to me since l came here in the camp but l am not living with him rather l am living in the female's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for male and the other for female.

As a refugee here i don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this 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. Honey, please l would like you to know that l have my late father's death certificate and Written Well here with me which l will like to send to you to assist me,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in the bank which he used my name as the next of kin.The amount in question is( $8.6 Million US Dollars)(EIGHT MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE OF AMERICAN DOLLARS.

So l will like you to assist me transfer this money to your account and also assist me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you in your country as soon as the bank transfer the money to your account. I can't withdraw the money myself due to my refugee statues here in this country which does not permit me to do so.

Darling please i will like you to send me your information's to know well whom am dealing with, while i will be waiting for your call,such as:Real Names:...,Real
Nationality:....,Real Age:....,Real Address:....,Real Telephone:...,Real Occupation....and Real Pictures of you.

I have got in touch with the bank and made them to know about my plans to withdraw this money, l also got them aware of the death of my father and they have acknowledged it with all there confirmation. However, they advise me to get in touch with a very responsible person who will stand on my behalf and as my trustee as regards to this money since l am presently of refugee status over here and wouldn't be permitted to handle this amount of money, they also let me know about the bond which they signed with my father that the money will be handed to me in bulk amount which means that l should decide on if l should continue with the bank or not.
I just have to let you know about this so that you can assist me to be my trustee on this money. like l said l want you to call me.l kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend because he is like a father to me...Thanks...Have a nice time and think about me. l hope to hear from you with your information's soonest.
Yours for ever in love.
Susan Philip

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