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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: "Ms.Janet.Maloupe" <ms.jannet.maloupe@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Ms.janet.maloupe@europe.com
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 23:02:58 -0600
Subject: private message

Dear Sir,

I am Miss Janet Maloupe 24yrs with my only brother Michael 22yrs, we are
from Bo Free Town Sierra-Leone the only surviving children of late Mr.
Williams Maloupe Until his death he was a major dealer on diamond,
recently he was murdered by his partner through a rebel group called
Revolutionary United Front (RUF) since then we have been running for our
dear lives because we got a hint that the same people are still searching
for us but Glory be to God we were moved to a refugee camp in Burkina-Faso
through one of the peace keeping officials that came to our country.
Before his untimely death he made us to understand of some deposit he made
with a security company in Burkina-Faso . He deposited the sum of
$9,500,000.00 (Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
and 45kg of Gold Dust ) as a consignment but the officials of this
depository are not aware that its money contained in it.

They take all deposit on face value of what it's registered to contain. On
this note our father registered it as artifacts and family treasures.

I am writing to seek for your help to move this fund out of Burkina Faso
to your country for future investment; i discovered that we can not move
this fund out of Africa perfectly without the participation of a foreigner
like you. That's why I have contacted you; we have all the necessary
papers to show. Our situation in the refugee camp is bad please try as
much as you can to help us out. Don’t be scared of what's happening over
the internet it's real you may wish to come over to Burkina Faso and see
things yourself and pursue it. Burkinafaso as you know is a very peaceful
country in sub region.

All documentation to be changed in your name to shield identity of true
ownership. This business is totally risk free on your part; I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. I believe my letter will receive a
favorable consideration Presently, we are staying in a refugee camp, but i
have to be honest with you this transaction will cost us some money to
execute and I hope you are ready assist us financially because we can't
handle it alone, but we assure you it will bring a Huge of success at the
end.

Please do not hesitate to help because God knows you will never regret
involving yourself in it. Whatever you spend in the process of this
transaction will paid back to you while 15% will be for your assistance
while 5% will be set aside for any expenses we may incur during the
processing. Sir, your full details will also be required for the
processing of this transaction which will benefit us mutually.

I have to tell you the truth as a woman; i feel I should let you know all
this before we proceed. We shall let you know the full details of the
consignment as soon as you declare your interest to carry out this
transaction with us.

Finally, we will also need the help of a lawyer that will procure all the
legal documents that will give you the authority to clear and claim the
consignment from the security company as our late fathers foreign business
partner and next of kin.

I await your urgent response.

Have a blessed week.

Regards,
Janet Maloupe


























































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