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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Rose Santos <konewalter@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: Rose Santos <rosesantos44@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 13:26:40 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: FROM MADAM ROSE


 My Dear,

I know that this message will be a surprise to you becuase we don't know each other before, please I want you to know that I am contacting you by devin direction, your personality motivated me, after going through your profile.My name is Mrs.Rose Santos from Australia, I was married to late Reverend Pastor Robert Santos for 20 years without a child. My Late husband was a Reverend Pastor before his death, I was diagnosed with cancer two years ago, shortly after the death of my husband, I only have some days or weeks to live according to the doctors. I decided to make this donation through you to help the less privileged in your country like orphans,widows etc, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds that I have done so far on Earth, now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do it alone. I once asked members of my family to close one of my late husband bank accounts and distribute the money to charitable organizations, but they refused and used the money for themselves, so I don't trust them anymore as they don't seem to be happy and satisfied with what's left for them.

my late husband deposited the sum of ($3.000.000.00) three million United states dollars with a Bank in Europe before his death. I am going to instruct the bank in Europe to transfer the ($3.000.000.00) three million United states dollars to you in your country on my behalf so that you will use the money to help the orphans,widows etc in your country in my name. Once I recieve your response, I will direct you to the bank where my late husband deposited the ($3.000.000.00) three million United states dollars so that the bank will transferred the money to you in your country. I await your quick response, For your time and honesty, I offer you 20% of the total Fund as your own share immediately the bank transfered the ($3.000.000.00) three million United states dollars to you in your country,then you will use the rest of the money for the project in name in your country, please get back to me if you are interested and honest to handle this project in my name. Provide the following information's.

1: Your full name

2: Nationality

3: Your phone number

4: Your age

5: Occupation

God bless you.

Mrs.Rose Santos

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