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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: "Haiyan Helen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hailihenlen@foxmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:11:18 -0700
Subject: I'm Asking For Your Partnership Please.

Good Day,
 
How are you and your family?
 
I’m Mrs. Haiyan Li Helen  from China and married to Mr. George Carr from England. We have lived together for some years now and own our business together but now we are having some misunderstandings which have lead to us filling for divorce in the law court now. The court ruling/judgement will commence in few weeks coming and I have 1,150,000 million pounds (One million one hundred and fifty thousand pounds, from our joint investment business) deposited in my own bank by my husband when we were in good terms. He is making plan to take this money because he thinks I am not a British woman.
 
 
If the court judgment commence and we officially divorce, I will lose this fund because of the agreement we had when the money was deposited in my account, therefore I solicit for your help as my partner in business so I could transfer this fund to you in your country as the BENEFICIARY to the fund as soon as possible, since in our agreement, I have the rights to use the money for business purposes and get more income, and once we officially get divorced, I will come over to your country for us to share the fund on 70/30% basic ,and I will be using my share for investment in your country. I will direct you to the bank for the immediate transferring of this fund to you as soon as I hear from you. I will give you more details when I receive your reply.
 
 
Kindly provide me with your full names, full  address and Country, your mobile number and fax for proper communication and for security reasons.
 
 
Looking forward to a long and mutually beneficial working association with you.
 
 
Regards,
 
 
Haiyan Li Helen

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