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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: John Robert <jrob9207@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:10:35 +0200
Subject: waiting for your reply

Dear,

Good day,I know you would be very surprised to read from someone
relatively unknown to you before.I must first apologize for sending
you this unsolicited message.Though I have not considered this medium
to be the best manner to have approached you on this issue being that
the internet has been greatly abused over the recent years and is very
unsecure for information of vital nature like this.I have decided to
take the chance seeing that no other means could have been faster and
more efficient for now.

Please take your time to read and understand it all,I will start by
introducing myself properly to you;I am Mr.John Robert, a citizen of
the Republic of Togo.I am a lawyer by profession.

I am making this contact onbehalf a client of mine,one Mrs.Mariam
Khoury,a widow of late Mr.Abou Hamieh Khoury,a Lebanese business
merchant who was based here in Lome-Togo, he was one of the victims of
the plane crash of 25th December 2003 here.She has been recently
diagnosed of Cancer of the Pelvics.

She told me that there is this fund (US$6.000,000.00) which her
husband deposited with a bank here in Lome,which she is the next of
kin/beneficiary.

Considering her health conditions and the fact that her only daughter
is under age,she is looking for a credible foreigner to whom she will
pass the right of ownership,who will also take her daughter out of
here and take good care of the little girl's future ensuring a sound
education for her.

She said this is on the condition that you will take 10% of the fund
for yourself,and 50% for her daughter while you will use the remaining
for the less previleged people in the society,in fulfilment of the
request of her late husband: THAT A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE FUNDS BE
USED TO CARTER FOR THE LESS PRIVILEDGED.

If this condition is acceptable to you,You should contact me
immediately with your full names and contact informations so that I
will put you in contact with this woman directly for any further
informations.

Sincerely,
John Robert Esq.
Nb/­ Please reply me directly via my email address:lordandrobert2015@hotmail.com

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