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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: Miss Rose Jasmin <jasminrose95@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Miss Rose Jasmin <rosejasmi@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 15:24:40 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Miss Rose Jasmin



My dearest Friend,

here is more details about me and the reason why i contacted you. my name is rose,i am a US citizen, born in NEW york year 1984, I arrived in ivory coast after the funeral ceremony of my late mother mrs jasmin Rodriquez,she died of heart problem in new york,before her death,

she told me about her bussiness here in ivory coast and also about the money she deposited in the Bicici bank ivory coast with my name as the next of kin.I want this money to be transfered to your country so that i can come over there and use it to start a new life and invest in any good and profitable bussines which you will help me to set.

Since my arrival here,I had a meeting with the bank directors and they agreed to release the money to me and transfer it for my investment.But The bank here required me to present a partner who will stand as the beneficiary to transfer the money in order to exterblish my own bussiness.i have to contact you after praying and i beleive you will help me I made up my mind to relocate because i have suffered so many attack since after the funeral of my mother, i even managed to excape and come over here because i am the only child of my parents and my father died already when i was 12 years old, please i will require your commitment to make sure that the bank transfered the money as soon as possible just like your own daughter or sister or wife to enable me move away from the hotel where i m staying.


I will send you more of my photos to you as soon as i receive your positive responds,thank you for your kind attention and i want you to know that after the money is transfered to your account THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND  UNITED STATES DOLLAR(1.3,000000 usd) AND I AM GIVING YOU 20% OF IT AS YOUR OWN BENEFIT FOR HELPING ME OUT.

please give your kind consideration to my massage to help me relocate and start a new life.
Thanks you for your understanding
Jasmin Rose




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