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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: Lapuz Family <lapuz.family1@o-ccmail.net>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 12:26:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Beloved One,

Beloved One,

My name is Ms.Emma Lapuz, the wife of Rev.Edison Lapuz who was the pastor for the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) and leader of Bayan Muna in Eastern Visayas chapter.

who was gunned down by two armed men in Sitio Motor, Barangay Crossing, San Isidro in Philippine on the 12 may 2005.Before my late husband was killed,I inherited sum total of ($10,300.000 USD.Ten Million Three Hundred Thousand USDollars) from some cotton wool business export & import we made with my late husband, the money was put in a sealed metallic trunk box and deposited in a private security and finance company in Ivory Coast by my late husband.This deposit was coded under a secret arrangement as a family treasure.Which means that the security company does not know the content of this trunk box.
My main purpose of sending you this mail is because of the way I found you and perhaps trustworthy to give you this priority to help me claim this treasure box of fund to relocate to any address that you think is very secure and save in your country.I hope to trust you as who will not sit on this fund when you claim it.i made up my mind to offer you 15% of the total money for your help ,after you have secured the box for my kids future.

Hopping to hear from you.

Ms.Emma

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