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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: "Mrs.Rebecca Nelson" <mrsrebeccatnelson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 10:42:41 +0100
Subject: Good Day

Good Day.

How are you doing today? I am contacting you just to inform you about
the transaction which I so much believed that you will welcome these
Great opportunity.

A friend of mine whose late father was former deputy Finance Minister
and Economic Planning in republic of Cote d'Ivoire during the regime
of former president Laurent Gbagbo contacted me early hour today for
this Good News which we can easily execute within one week.

This friend of mine made me to understand that before the civil war
started in republic of Cote d'Ivoire, his late father already made a
deposit of Fifty Million United State of American dollars only
($50,000,000.00) in a private Security Company in Republic of Benin
Cotonou for Safe Keeping and investment projects.

Right now the family is ready to making use of the fund, in which
they decided to send one of their trusted family members who was among
the teams that accompany their late father during the time he made
deposit to the Security Company in Republic of Benin Cotonou to
represent the family over there in Republic of Benin Cotonou for claim
and invest the fund into any lucrative venture anywhere in the world.

According to the family representative who is currently in Republic
of Benin Cotonou, as he claimed the Trunk Box out from Security
Company, before he realized that the money was defaced into Black
Coded Form for security reasons, in which the family has applied for
the chemical solution in Republic of Benin Cotonou, but remains the
"Activate Solution Powder" which the chemist directed them to Brazil
where the chemical can be secured.

What really motivated me to contact you into this deal is because the
family have the money to pay for the "Activate Solution Powder" in
Brazil "Four Hundred and Sixty Thousand United State of American
Dollars only" (US$460,000.00), but they cannot get any trusted one who
will travel to Brazil and pick up the Powder and deliver to Republic
of Benin Cotonou due to VISA problem, because Brazil government has
restricted their VISA to West African nationals, based on this problem
the family contacted me for solution and assistant, in which I told
them that I have a business associate who can travel to Brazil,
because as American, Europe or Asian citizen he has every immunity to
travel and Pick up the Solution Powder at same time deliver right into
Republic of Benin Cotonou because Europeans, Canadians, Asians and
Americans are VISA free to Republic of Benin Cotonou.

Meanwhile I stated my Terms and Condition to the family as follow:-

1. The family will arrange flight ticket for you in advance.
2. They will compensate us with 20% of the total amount of the money
which is Fifty Million United State of American dollars only
($50,000,000.00), meaning our share is US$10,000,000.00 in which both
of us will share 50/50.

Furthermore, as soon as you arrived in Brazil, their family
representative over there in Brazil will immediately hand over the sum
of US$1,000.00 to you in advance to enable you take care of your hotel
and other expenses in Brazil and Republic of Benin Cotonou.

Please I need an urgent answer from you so that we can proceed further.
On receipt of your reply, I will send to you the attached files to
view the pictures of the Black Coded defaced money as I explain to you
above and Developing Machine for the Job. Their late father defaced
this money into this form to enable them break security system in
Republic of Benin Cotonou during the time he move this fund into
Republic of Benin Cotonou.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Rebecca Nelson

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