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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: Sai Rebecca <favoradi2000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Sai Rebecca <sairebecca90@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 04:35:05 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Please I need your help!


My Dearest one,
 
I know that it may sound strange to receive an email from someone you do not know at all, but I am desperate to save my life and future that is the reason I took this bold step and made some research before I got your contact. I have confidence that this is the right step toward the right direction. My name is Miss Sai Rebecca and I am from Ivory Coast a country in West Africa . My mother died of cancer just after my birth and I have been with my father who refuses to marry a second wife all through.
 
Most unfortunately for me, my father had an car accident on his way to one of his Timber exploitation sites. After the accident, he was recovered dead and the burial ceremony was done properly.
 
My main problem now is that my father's relatives want to make a marriage choice for me in order to secure my
father's wealth. They said that if I marry to an outsider, our family wealth will be taken to another people and that they will not accept it. They said it is their right to preserve their family wealth and lineage.
 
I refused this type of marriage because it is ridiculous for them to compel me to marry an old man of 73 years, a man old enough to be my ground father just to preserve the family wealth. Although I am a young girl of only 23years old and I believe that I have the right to choose my own husband for myself.
 
My refusal to their plan was seen as insult so they threatened to deal with me without pity. They said it is better that I do not live than to have the family wealth given to an outsider. Last month, they sent some hired assassins to kill me in our family house but as God will have it, I manage to escape that death and I ran away from our family house to a place that I am hiding presently to secure my life. I will
not return back to that house again else I would be dead.
 
This issue is serious. Fortunately for me, my father made a deposit of (USD $2.500, 000.00)  Two Million five hundred thousand United state dollars with my name in a bank here that their family members are not aware of, and during this deposit, my father had an agreement with the bank that the money will not be given directly to me until I am 25 years of age or above. Or if I wish to receive the money before my 25 years old, then I must appoint a foreign guardian overseas who shall stand as my guardian to help me receive this money in his/her bank account.
 
Considering the fact that I am only 23years now and the present situation with my relatives, I humbly request that you stand as my foreign guardian so that the bank will release and transfer the money to you. I will relocate to meet with you once the money is transferred to you so I can start a new life there.
Please come to my rescue immediately and God will reward you. I am ready to compensate you with 10% of the total amount after helping me in this matter.

I thank you for taking your time to read this mail and I wait to hear from you and until then, May God richly bless you.
 
Yours sincerely,
Miss Sai Rebecca

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