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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: rita denis <rita_denis13@naver.com>
Reply-To: rita_deniswool@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:58:35 +0900 (KST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?TVJTLlJJVEEgREVOSVMgV09PTA==?=

MRS.RITA DENIS WOOL
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
PLEASE EMAIL BACK

DEAR BELOVED

MY NAME IS MRS.RITA DENIS WOOL.WIFE OF LATE (MR.DENIS WOOL) WHO WAS THE AMBASSADOR OF JAMAICA HERE IVORY COAST BEFORE HIS DEATH IN THE YEAR 2009,I AM PRESENTLLY ON SICK BED WITH A VERY SHORT TIME TO LIVE ACODING TO MY MEDICAL REPORTS,

PLEASE I WANT YOU TO REPLY ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU READ THIS MESSAGE BECAUSE I WANT TO DISCUSS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT WITH YOU, HAVING KNOW THAT I HAVE A VERY SHORT TIME TO LIVE. I HAVE DECIDED TO ENTRUST MY FAMILY FUND THE SUM OF $12.7 MILLION ,TWELVE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO YOUR HAND FOR CHARITY WORK TO HELP THE ORPHANAGES, WIDOWS, AND MOTHERLESS CHILDREN.

NOTE:THAT THIS MONEY IS 100PERCENT RISK FREE BECAUSE I HAVE THE DEPOSIT DOCUMENT WITH ME WHICH I WILL SEND TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE BANK FOR THE TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT ,SO I AM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FUND AND THE BANK WERE THE FUND WAS DEPOSITED BY MY LATE HUSBAND SO THAT YOU CAN CONT ACT THEM IMMEDIATELY FOR THE TRANSFER ,

PLEASE I AM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FUND,

THANKS AND HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST
REMAIN BLESSED
MRS.RITA DENIS WOOL

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