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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: "JAYANTI SETIAWAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jayantisetiawanlove@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 01:52:58 +0200
Subject: PROMOTING LOVE IN THE WORLD

PROMOTING LOVE IN THE WORLD


The Malaysia Airline flight 370(MH370/MAS370) Boeing 777-200ER, with registration 9M-MRO with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board from Kuala Lumpur International Airport going to Beijing capital international Airport China on Saturday, the 8th of March 2014, which disappeared up til now has brought a new phase in my life which has made me to be in the condition I found myself now. I have come to realize a lot of things concerning this world we live in. I wish every individual should at one time or the other take a moment of silence and ask himself/herself questions like, what is this life all about? Why are the rich and wealthy living in affluence and yet many more people in the world live in abject poverty? My names is Jayanti Setiawan , I am 76 years old from Indonesia and married to Mr. Andhika Setiawan who was one of the passengers in the Malaysia missing flight. We have been married for 36 years and we have a son Matigar. My husband was high handed and did not have compassion and mercy to the po

My husband was a very successful business man dealing. He was a big merchant in Gold, Diamond and Precious stones. As a result of the missing flight, my health has deteriorated and I am suffering from stroke on my left arm and is gradually spreading all over my body. I know I will not make it because there is nothing to live for again having lost my only son and my husband. I am the sole custodian of my husband's wealth and fund. I am looking for people whom I do not know from anywhere, whom I can trust to grant my last wish on earth which is to give to charity and the needy and help people around him and not use the fund for selfish reasons or desire. I am looking for a man or woman of peace. My husband has about Sixteen Million and Eight hundred thousand Dollars (16,800,000,00) in the bank. I want this fund to be used for charity like I said because that is the only way I will rest in peace since my husband refused to help and show love to people when he was alive and since I could not change his perceptio

I like to inform you that you are not the only recipient of this mail as it has been sent to a lot of people around the world as I intend to divide the fund into six (6) portions and will be given to six (6) people I will personally pick who appeals to my heart after making a random selection. Each of the six (6) people will come from the six (6) continents of the world which are, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. Please be informed that it might take a little time for me to contact all the chosen people as I would wait to receive many entries from all the continents before making the random selection and if you are not contacted, then you know that you are not selected. I assure you that all your information to me remains secret and nobody else knows what I am doing for security reasons. Once I pick a person, I will then direct the person on what to do to have access to the fund as I have already liaised with my husband account officer and lawyer who will facilitated the rele


Please reply to my private E-mail : jayantisetiawanlove@gmail.com
Thank you

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