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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: moses johnson <moses22_johnson@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <moses225_johnson@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:29:27 +0200
Subject: Greetings to you and your family



Dear Beloved OneGreetings to you and your family am Moses johnson from abidjan cote d'ivoire I never knew my mother .My father told me that she died when i was small , few moths old.I was brougt up by my aunty and when i was ten years old i went to stay with my dad once again.He is a maths-lecturer and an oil-companyt consultant beisdes being a lecturer and early in life i was introduced to the rudiments of mathematics . I attended sceondary school while living all alone with my father.What i never knew was that he has two children from a mistress and didnt want her to come and live with us because of me.My father is so fond of me that he became an instant enemie with anybody who as much as say boo! to me. The year i was admitted to read Electronics Engineering at the University my father brought in his new wife, and two children,and as i just coming she hated me instantly,i later realised that her own hatred of me had lingered for over fiteen years! She beleived that my father loved me more than her own children and she is almost suffocating from the jealously.
She did not respond when i greeted her and instantly she prevented me from touching her cooking pot saying that i should only eat what she has dished out to me.I simply stoped eating from our house and bought my food from the restaurant. Throughout the first two years of my stay in school, i never visited home.If i went on holidays , i stayed with a friend and only visited my father in his office.This soon led to a very big quarrel between my father and wife.My father wanted to buy another house because of me bet his wife refused.Later one evening, two of my fathers friends came to see me and they told me that my father died in his sleep after a short but instense mysterous illness which lasted four days. After the burial of my father it was discovered that my father was killed by his wife.My uncles tried to get some of his money and properties away from the wife for me.My dad was quite rich before his death as a lecturer and an oil-company consultant.But his wife confiscated all the documents of his house and closed his accounts!.All i got was the sum of {$8.700.000}Eight Million Seven Hunderd Thousand USD which an Oil Servicing Company owed my father before his death. After a serious battle with his wife , the managing director who is a close friend of my dad and who knew of his feelings towards me, decided to pay the money into my suspence account.My fathers wife told me that i will not live to spend that money.Please my life is in danger and i need you to help me because I am too young to be managing my life and i have not finished my university education and there is nobody to take care of me again as a young boy and i do not want to die. It was because of me and my fathers wealth that his wicked wife poisoned my father and now wants to kill me .My life is in danger now and i need a GOD fearing foreign partner in any country to help me transfer this money out and into his or her bank account and use it for proper investment purpose and also to finish my university education through the assistance of that foreign partner abroad and also that he or she should help me obtain a resident permit in his or her country. 1) Can I completely trust you?2) Can you honestly help me out from this my ugly situation?3) Can you promise me that you will not betray me when this consignment will get into your country?4) Can you take me as you’re only Brother/ son/ when I will come to your country? Moreover sir, l am willing to offer you 30% of the total sum as Compensation for your effort /input after the successfull transfer of this funds to your account overseas. Hoping to hear from you soonest. May God bless you as you extend your helping hand to a needy fellow. Best regards, your son Moses Johnson Adams
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