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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: "Mrs: Rose Mary Davis" <miss.rosemarydavis@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs: Rose Mary Davis" <rosemarydavis2@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 06:02:26 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hola hijo de Dios,


Hola hijo de Dios,

En base a su buen perfil vi, yo quiero que solicitar ayuda en el cumplimiento de mi deseo de ayudar a la caridad pobres necesitados de su país; Soy señora Rose Mary Davis. Te estoy escribiendo esta carta es porque quiero que te pares como mi beneficiario a la suma de mi $ 4,5 millones de dólares de EE.UU., no tengo ningún hijo biológico de mi propia que heredará este dinero tampoco he cualquier niño adoptado , mis parientes y amigos han saqueado gran parte de mi riqueza desde mi enfermedad y no pueden vivir con la agonía de confiar este gran responsabilidad de cualquiera de ellos nunca más.

Si recibo su respuesta, yo le dará más detalles!

Esperando su pronto posible mensaje.

Gracias.

El suyo hermana en Cristo,
La señora Rose Mary Davis

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Hello Child of God,

Based on your good profile i saw,I want you to solicit help in fulfilling my wish to help charity poor needy in your country; I am Mrs Rose Mary Davis. I’m writing you this letter is because I want you to stand as my beneficiary to the sum of my $4.5 Million US Dollars, I don’t have any biological child of my own who will inherit this money neither do I have any adopted child, My relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness and I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them anymore.

If I receive your reply, I will give you more details!

Expecting to your message soonest.

Thanks.

Yours Sister in Christ,
Mrs Rose Mary Davis.

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