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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 Alice Agnes David"<alisia.david@yandex.com>
Reply-To: aliceagnesdavids779@yandex.com
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 20:26:36 -0800
Subject: Hi,Please lets do this together,


Dear Beloved Friend Please kindly let copy of your reply be on my personal =
email address below,. aliceagnesdavid117000@yandex.com This business propos=
al to you is strictly confidential, with due respect. Sorry at this perceiv=
ed confusion or stress may have receiving this letter from me, Since we hav=
e not known ourselves or met previously. Despite that,I am constrained to w=
rite you this letter because of the urgency of it.By way of self introducti=
on, I am Mrs.Alice David, the wife of late Major- Gen.Nelson David , ARMY C=
OMMANDER West African peacekeeping force in Somalia who died in the somalia=
civil disturbance [War]. My daughter and I is trapped in obnoxious custom =
and traditional norms. We have suffered maltreatment and untold hardship in=
the hands of my late husband's family, simply because I did not bear a mal=
e child [heir apparent] for my late husband. By tradition, all that my late=
husband had, [wealth] belongs to his brothers/family. And myself is to be =
remarried by his immediate younger brother which I vehemently refused. They=
have taken all that I suffered with my husband to acquire including treasu=
res, houses and his bank particular seized by them. I wanted to escape to y=
our country with my only child on exile, but again they conspired and stole=
my international passport and other traveling documents to further frustra=
te me. Thank God, two weeks ago, I received Key Text Code from a Security c=
ompany IN EUROPE that my late husband deposited U.S $18 Million Usa dollars=
with this Security company. It has therefore, become very necessary and ur=
gent to contact someone, a foreigner like you to help me receive/secure the=
se funds overseas in a reliable bank Account (presumably an empty Bank Acco=
unt, if available) and to help invest it on our behalf as well,while we fin=
d a way of getting out to meet with you in your country. These funds are ke=
pt on an "OPEN BENEFICIARY MANDATE"with the Security company in EUROPE to a=
void detection, seizure or diversion. I have had several telephone discussi=
ons with the Officer incharge of the Security company in EUROPE, who has ex=
press willingness to help me on meeting the company's demands. This is why =
I have contacted you to help save me and my only child to receive these fun=
ds on our behalf. But, you would need to give me sufficient assurance that =
if you help me, you would not divert the funds. Me and my child have resolv=
ed to give you 30% of the total sum and 10% as been set aside for any expen=
ses that occure by you during the process of this business will be refunded=
back to you. For this is all me and my child have got to live on. Please, =
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope you will not disappoint me. I =
look forward to your urgent response, including your full names, Full maill=
ing address indicate your private phone / mobile numbers and any of your id=
entification photo-picture for easier communication. Please note that this =
project is 100% risk free but you must keep it very secret and confidential=
with strong assurance that you will not let me down at all. NB: The secret=
codes and the Pin Number for this fund are safely kept with me which I can=
give you as soon as you express desire to help me. Stay blessed. MRS Alice=
David Please kindly let copy of your reply be on my personal email address=
below,. aliceagnesdavid117000@yandex.com

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