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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: "Juliet" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <juletmolamakoto1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 13:19:07 -0800
Subject: Re Dear Friend.

Dear Friend.
How is everything with you? I guess you will be surprised to receive my mail, nevertheless it is my utmost wish to break your long silence to me, although you didn’t continue further because you stop me on the way . I'm writing you today to tell you that I am in Sweden right now.

I have succeeded to transfer the usd$5.3m into a new partner from Sweden ,he is a native of
Sweden base in Sweden he was the person whom stand for me and done every thing which the bank
want him to do before the fund was transfer to his account before i now move with him to live
with him as his wife now , and now he is helping me to invest my share in some lucrative
business after the successful transfer.

As a matter of fact, I eventually contacted a new partner when I find out that you will not be
able to give me all the support needed to make the deal worth while. I remembered vividly well
how you subsequently and endlessly engaged with me on arguments, and your long silence makes it
quite difficult for us to make solid arrangements to facilitate the transfer of the said money into your bank account and things eventually fell apart between us due to you did not have trust in me.

Actually the whole process of the transfer was not so easy, anyway, all my ugly experiences, emotional pains and financial difficulties that time belong to my past because I have succeeded.

Nevertheless, I have not forgotten you. Knowing fully well that you did not contribute to the success of the transfer due to your inaccurate perceptions about me and the transfer, never mind, I believed strongly that my first contact with you has brought great luck to me and made
me to succeed without any problem.

In view of this, I decided to compensate you for your pass effort with the total sum of $250,000, 00 in your favor which bears your full name to compensate you because I contacted you
for once and you accepted my friendship despite the fact that you did not continue with me or
carry me along to know my problem what it is,but you brought luck to my success. more so, I’m
compensating you with the little amount to prove to you that I was not dealing in exploitation
and manipulation and degradation as you may thought, I’m a creative young girl, and a creative girl is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by
the desire to cheat others, I want to prove to you that despite the huge atrocities in the
world today, yet we still have good people, and everybody should not be a cheater. Nonetheless,
I actually want to use this money to bless people like you which i also offered a very hug
amount for the less privileges and the orphanages homes.

Interestingly, when the money eventually entered into my partner bank account, then he came to
Nigeria and took me to Sweden because he knew I did not have money to come over due to i have
know one to help me here .Meanwhile i wrote the cheque before leaving from Nigeria to Sweden
and now drop the cheque to the Reverend father who was like a father to me when i was in the
refugee camp for him to keep so while i will contact you and give you his contact information
which you will use in contacting him for him to make sure that the cheque get to you.

As a matter of fact, I am happy to appreciate you with this sum which I described as important
humanitarian glimmers of hope to enable you solve your financial problem . And now, to get the
cheque immediately and so easily, and then contact the Reverend now for your cheque .

His name is Reverend Anthony, through his e-mail address, revfatherjohnenanthoney@outlook.com he is in Abuja the capital city of Nigeria in Africa , so contact him immediately to send the
cheque to you. His email address is this; (revfatherjohnenanthoney@outlook.com ) His contact
telephone number is +234-8050699232 .

Sorry, I should have sent the cheque to you myself before I embark on my trip to sweden , and
was not able due to there was urgency and time schedule to be there with my husband beside i
don't want him to know that i drop such cheque behind but i must have to do that because it is
what my heart ask me to do for you . However, And as soon as you receive it from Reverend
Father and cash the money please let me know.

Please know that I will not be able to communicate you quite often due to I am very busy with
my partner. My partner is now investing the money to some business while am now in school and
also pregnant for him.

Please contact Reverend Steven Anthony, immediately after you finished reading this mail…
My regards to your entire family!!!

Thanks.
From;Julet.





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