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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: Sandra Fredrick <sandra.fredrick@dbzmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:37:45 +0900 (JST)
Subject: RE : From Sandra Fredrick


RE : From Sandra Fredrick

Hello dear,
Thank you for your attention to my mail.  I am quite aware that my request will come to you as a surprise because it is indeed very strange for someone you have not met before to contact you in this regard. If you find my request offensive, please ignore it and accept my apologies.

My name is Miss Sandra Fredrick. I am 19 years old and the only daughter of my late parents. My parents was poisoned during their family meeting with his relatives in our country. My mother died when i was 10 years old. I contacted you because I have (USD $6.500,000.00) Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars i inherited from my late father which i have decided to invest in your country. The money is deposited in a prime bank here in my country. I want you to assist me transfer the money to your account and arrange for me to come over to your country to spend the rest of my life and invest the money into a lucrative business venture.. 

I will like to further explain myself to you. I am the only child of my late parents and since my parents died, my uncles have been humiliating me and trying to kill me so that they can claim everything my father left. In my culture, when a man dies, if he does not have a male child, the brothers shares his property leaving the wife and the daughters empty handed. even if the man has two or three daughters, no one want to know. It was as a result of this that my father made me the next of kin to his fund deposit with the bank and stated that in the event of any eventuality, I should claim the funds only when I am twenty-five (25) years of age otherwise, I should have a guardian/partner to intercede on my behalf for the release of the funds to me. Unfortunately, he passes away and I am now Nineteen years old (19) of age currently.

This is the exact case with me since my parents was poisoned to death during their family meeting. I have suffered so much and I have had discussions with the director of the bank where my father deposited the funds and I was assured that once I have someone who would be honest and willing to receive the funds on my behalf for the purpose of investments outside our country, they shall commence all proceedings to effect the release and transfer of the funds into the person's designated account. 

Please i want you to help me so that i will not be killed by my uncles and lost my late father's hard earned money. Please assist me transfer this money into your account and help me to invest it in your own business in your country. I contacted you with complete trust because my father told me when he was alive that  people from your country are faithful and trust worthy people when you do business with them. This is my reason to contact you believing that you will be faithful and trust worthy to me throughout our business partnership. I want you to honestly assist me transfer this money to your account and arrange for me to come over to your country  for my safety and to continue my education while you will help me to invest the money in your own business in your country. 

I am willing to offer you 20% as your compensation immediately the money is transfered to your account. The remaining 80% will be invested by you as investment partnership for the benefit of the both of us. Any profit made from the 80% capital of our investment fund, will be shared 50/50 between the both of us. This is my promise.

I will appreciate to get your urgent response to let me know your willingness to assist me. Once again, i thank you so much for your understanding and attention to my mail. God bless you..

Thanks
Sandra Fredrick

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