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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. Rebecca" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsrebecc11@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 09:05:15 -0800
Subject: I look forward to your positive reply

I am Mrs. Rebecca Garang, I am seeking for your assistance for an investment with the funds left for us by my late husband Dr. John Garang of the Sudan’s People Liberation Movement (SPLM). My husband was a freedom fighter during his lifetime and this was what led to his death but we leave the story for another day. I want to assure you this is a legitimate appeal from Sudanese family in dire need of investment assistance and my husband’s exploits/profile life as the South Sudanese leader is in the public domain therefore you can read about my late husband on the internet to find out exactly what I am telling you.
The financial asset we are talking about here is valued at the sum of US$22,000,000.00 and the funds were originally mapped out to procure arms and ammunition for the SPLM military wing and my husband was solely in charge of organizing this purchase. Unfortunately, as the news of the peace agreement reached my husband while he was still in South Africa to make the arms procurement, he used the opportunity to divert this money for our family future use. He was fortunate to be in South Africa when the news came and he deposited this money with a private finance company under a blind trust pending the time he will decide to divert the funds for his personal use. The funds are domiciled with the company in the form of an instrument (treasury notes) which will be liquidated at the right time.
Meanwhile, after depositing the funds he came back and notified me and our son (JEFFERY MABIOR GARANG) about the money, he also handed over the documents to us before he was inaugurated along with other top SPLM officials. My husband died on Saturday 30th of July 2005 on a sabotaged helicopter crash just three weeks after his inauguration on the 9th of July in our capital (KHARTOUM may his gentle soul rest in peace, the cabinet of the former president OMAR AL BASHIR who is currently under house arrest for his atrocities committed while in power has denied any government involvement in masterminding the death of my beloved husband.
As a family we have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum of money for your assistance 5% has been mapped out for both local and international expenses that will be incurred by both of us in the course of this transfer and the remaining 75% will be for my family investment in your country through your advice. I am very glad for your response to my request to you in assisting my family to secure the release of this fund my husband left for us. Due to my position in the current government in my country and the sensitive nature of this transaction, I have chosen to remain underground and anonymous throughout the course of this transaction. I will therefore mandated my son Mr. Jeffery Mabior Garang upon your reply  who is currently in South Africa seeking political asylum to work you with the details of how this fund shall be successfully released in your name without any problem. My son who is a refugee in South Africa cannot move this money in his name hence my decision to cont act you so that you can a
I look forward to your positive reply.
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Yours sincerely
Mrs. Rebecca Garang

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