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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: MISS JUDITH IRENE <judith.irene@yandex.com>
Reply-To: MISS JUDITH IRENE <judit.irene2015@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:28:39 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: !!! A Cry For Help !!!


 How are you doing today?

Hope all is well with you? Am sorry to disturb you please bear with me just that i need your help. my name is Miss Judith Irene, the only daughter and the only child of late Engr. Bernard Bakary Irene. the Director of Bajam Enterprise (Building Construction Company in Kenya) also the CEO of Bernard Import and Export (KENYA).

I am 25 years old girl Single, But at the present am staying in the Refugee Camp, In Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, West Africa, i want you to help me relocate to your country to further my education. Before the death of my father, my father deposited sum amount of money total Amount [USD$ 4.500,000.00] FOUR MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ] in one of the leading bank out of my country which i am the next of kin before he met his untimely death. he instructed me while on his sick bed to look for a foreign partner not from this country who will help me and transfer this money out of here and invest it for me, my purpose of contacting you is for you to help me and transfer the money into your account pending my arrival to you to start a new life over there.

So: after the death of my father as a result of poison, his brother (My Uncle) who is the purchasing and marketing sale manager of my late fathers company named (Mr. Tokunbo Oriade Irene) wanted to convert all the properties and resources of my late father into his, which i quarreled with him and it made him to lay his anger on me to the extent of hiring an
assassins to kill me but to God be the glory i succeeded by making a way to Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, West Africa,for my dear life.

As a matter of fact my mother died when i was barely 4 years old according to my late father and the type of love he had for my mother made him to remain un-married till he left the ghost. Honestly i do live a fearful life even here in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, because of those Assassins coming after me since Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, and my country Kenya is all in Africa.
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As a matter of fact i wish not to stay here again; rather i want to leave here immediately. Perhaps I disclosed this to you alone with love and trust which i deposed in you and wish the same from you.

I contact the bank to verify the method of the transfer with the bank director and he told me that they can not release the money to me, unless I provide to the bank a trustee who will invest the money for me, he said that is the agreement between the bank and my late father.

I hope you will not betray the trust I have on you? Because this money is my only hope in life, you will also help me to relocate over to your country to continue my education while you will invest the money for me in any good Business of your choice there in your country, I will compensate you with 35% for your kind assistance, while you will invest 65% in any
business of your choice.

You will be taking care of me from the profit you make from the business which you will use to sponsor me to the university, I can assure you there is No Risk involve, the money is an inheritance from my late father I also secured the deposit document of the money with me, when I receive your return message I will forward to you the full Details of the transfer.

information, i will like to know your full detail's:exp.

1. Your name...............................
2. Your age................................
3. Your address............................
4. Your phone number............................
5. Your Occupation......................
6. Your Country............................
I am waiting to receive your reply as soonest.

Reply to my private E-mail address ( judit.irene2015@yandex.com )
Yours Sincerely,
Miss Judith Irene

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