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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: "Robert Jet Fellows" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jet_fellows37@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:25:17 -0800
Subject: [Zprava je SPAM] Assistance: Please get back to me.


My name is Mr. R. Jet Fellows. Am a citizen of the united states presently in Hong Kong where i have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer and it has defied all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live according to the medical experts.

Though am very rich, i never thought of raising my own family, I only focused on my businesses as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. The treatment of this disease has so far squashed a handsome amount of my money in savings.
Now that my health has deteriorated so badly and it has been confirmed to me by the doctors that my ailment will defy all forms of medical treatment, i have decided not to spend more money on this ailment anymore.

The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of $2.6m United States Dollars that I have with a Finance Vaulting Unit in the Europe . I will want you to help me collect this deposit from the company and help me distribute it to charity in your region. You will have 25% of this total sum for your time and effort. I cannot talk with you on the phone due to my health situation, and I am using my Laptop Computer to communicate with you, since this is my only means of communication. One passionate appeal i will make to you is to keep this transaction confidential until this money gets to you. If you are interested in carrying out this assignment on my behalf fill this form below when when writing me back.

Your names .......

Your resident address. ......
Your country name..........
Your present location........
Your occupation...............
Your tel/cell number.........
Your age/sex..................
Your company name if any.......

I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as you can.

Sincerely yours,

R. Jet Fellows.

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