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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: Panna Jethwa <kidapjp@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Panna Jethwa <panna.jethwa1212@yahoo.co.th>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 20:28:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings My Dear I Need Your Help Sudan Problem,


Greetings My Dear I Need Your Help Sudan Problem,


I'm contacting you based on your good profiles I read and for a good reasons, Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. My name is Miss Panna Jethwa. My late father deals on Crude Oil with Federal Government of Sudan and he has a personal Oil firm in Bentiu Oil zone town and Upper Nile city. What I have experience physical I don't wish to experience it again in my life due to the recent civil Ethnic war cause by our President Mr Salva Kiir and the rebel leader Mr Riek Machar, I have been Under UN refuge camp in Bor city to safe my life, I left my country and move to Cote d'Ivoire with the little ceasefire we have because of the face to face meeting accord cordinated by the US Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry and United Nations in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) between our President Mr Salva Kiir and the rebel leader Mr Riek Machar to stop this war, Please though matter how you will
feel to my proposal to you, I need your wisdom, my age is 19 years and I don't know whom I can trust now, I want to solicit for your partnership with trust to invest my fund in your country.

I am in search of a property to buy in your country as I intended to come over to your country to continue my education, my life is at risky here because of the situaton of the country which is the cause of my family death in Bentiu town, I escape when the rebels boost in our house and rape my mother and she died after two days but May her soul rest in perfect peace.


My late Father deposited this Fund $6 Million dollars in one of Security Compnay in London UK. From my late Father business ,I have the documents along with me, I'm his only child left, I need to be in the school while you will handle the fund investments for me

I have decided to leave this country finally with this fund, God so kind the fund is not In Sudan, I need your urgent help, I will offer you 15% of the total fund for your help while you will handle the rest fund into investments for me.

I wait for your response,
Miss Panna Jethwa.

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