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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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Fraud email example:

From: Esther Baraba <estherbarb@msn.com>
Reply-To: <jeandiatta78@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 03:21:07 +0000
Subject: Warmth Greetings My Dear








Warmth Greetings My Dear,

Please, permit me to inform you
of my desire to introduce to you into this humanitarian work. I decided
to do this after praying over the situation. You should please
consider the transaction on it's content and not the fact that you have
not known me before.

I need not dwell on how I came by your
contact information because there are many such possibilities these
days, as I would like to introduce myself as Mrs. Esther Baraba, from
the Republic of Benin, widow to Late Dr. Emile A. Baraba, former
Consular of the Cuban Embassy in Benin Republic.

I was recently
diagnose of Cancerous ailment and I am writing to you now from my sick
bed here at the Hospital where I am receiving treatment for my
illness,through the help of my doctor, Dr. Jean Egnil Diatta.

There
is this sum of $18.5M (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United
State
Dollars) which my late husband Deposited with a Security/Finance Firm
in the Republic of Benin, in the form of a Diplomatic Consignment, which
He was supposed to move out of the Country before the time of His
death.

Note that this sum was carefully packaged in Raw Cash and
registered with the Security company as FAMILY TREASURE/VALUABLES,
thereby, meaning that the Management of the Company, does not know the
exact content of the Box.

With my health condition and for the
fact that my husband and I have no child till this time,I have decided
to contact you so that I will pass the right of Ownership of this Fund
to you.
I will send to you the document that covers the Consignment with
the Security Company in the Republic of Benin, which You will use to
apply to the Company in order to have the Consignment Cleared from their
Security Vault and also delivered to you in your Country.

Meanwhile,
know that this will be on the condition that the Funds will be invested
into a very lucrative business that will be great in maximizing profit
i.e, Communication Companies, Stock Market Investment, Oil
Business/Investment, depends on the decision which you as the appointed
overseer, sees best and easy for you to handle.
The investment as I have explained to you is expected be on a Long
Run and through the profits which you will be making out of it, you will
be able to reach out to the less privileged for assistance, which is in
fulfillment of the last request of my late husband,that a substantial
part of the fund be used to carter for the less privileged people and
also to give me assistant in taking care of my treatment here at the
Hospital.

Therefore, I will want you to please get back to me if
this conditions are acceptable to you, you should contact me
immediately with your full names and contact information's so that I
will have the trust to pass the right of next of kin to you, in order to
enable you contact the Security/Finance Firm for the claim and Clearing
of the Funds from their Vault.

Your information

1. Your
Names:
2. Your Contact Address:
3. Your Nationality/Age:
4. Your Profession:
5. Your Contact Numbers:

If you will be interested to do this my dear, You should call
My Doctor, Dr. Jean Egnil Diatta immediately on the following numbers
(+2 299 644 4802) or you can send your detail to his email address as
follows: (jeandiatta78@yahoo.co.uk).

I cannot predict what will
be my fate by the time you will be receiving the Consignment, but you
should please ensure that the fund is used as I have described above.

I look forward to your immediate response.

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Esther Baraba.

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