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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: wilfred odion <wilfred4luv2001@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:52:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please help



From Nigeria residency in a city where called Benin City. My mother was a love kindly woman, she brought me up as a well, honest intelligent and responsible child though things were not going well with my mother who was blind caring woman, she manage to make things possible for I and my sister.



There was a day she fell sick, no body to care for her because, I and my elder sister are jobless, no money to take her to clinic nor hospital help to a near by neighbor still no help, the only man who wanted to help us, asked my sister to sleep with him, which she refuses because its against our tradition as a Christian. After about 6 to 8 mouths illness my mother died.



After the death of my mother, a man asked me to be working for him as a cleaner, which I did. He was paying me by giving my sister and I clothe, shelter and food. Latter decide to enrolled me in a computer school here, which he did with the help of almighty God came out as one of the best student which he was so proud of me. After some time of staying with the man, he also tried a rape my elder sister that



Leaded us to where we are today (sending us packing from by apartment) now we are pleading to all the people in the world to come to our rescue in the name of our almighty God.



Thanks yours





Faithfullye

Agaen Wilfred.


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