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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: Kingsley & Abigirl Owen <info@drjaguilera.com>
Reply-To: kingsleyowen404@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 03:58:47 -0300
Subject: CAN WE TRUST YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD

Attention.Sir/Madam

My greetings to you and your lovely family! we got your contact from
Good U.N Help Officer in West Africa who came to give us relief
materials in the refugee camp in West Africa that you are a God Fearing
person who can invest our funds in the States that is why your contact
was given to us. This mail might come to you as a surprise and the
temptation to ignore it as mysterious could come into your mind but
please consider it as a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of
humility. My name is Kingsley Owen and my younger sister is Abigail Owen
we are from Sierra Leone, We are children to late Moses Owen of blessed
memory who is a Gold and diamond seller in Sierra Leone for twelve years
before he and my mother died in a motor accident in the year 2010, When
my late Father was alive he deposited $9.5 million and 65kg Gold dust
with a Insurance security company oversea. Recently,we found out the
funds and the Gold was deposited in west africa. My younger sister and I
have no option than to move over to West Africa to stay in the Refugee
camp to claim the Funds/Gold because we suffering there in Sierra Leone.

Our family lawyer who my dad trust everything on said that we are too
young to handle such a money, that we contact our relations who is older
that we are since we have none I decided to contact you because I know
you are a good person, I hope I can trust you with this money because we
have great hope in you I promise to reward you with some part of the
money.

I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your
suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now permit me to ask
these few questions:
1. Can you honestly help us from your heart?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you
after the money is in your account? Please, consider this and get back
to me as soon as possible. Immediately I confirm your willingness, we
will send to you our Picture/passport and also introduce you to our
fathers lawyer who is here to assist.


Thanks
Kingsley & Abigirl Owen.
Please contact me directly to kingsleyowen404@gmail.com

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