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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: Manpreet Arora Kaur <indiakaurarora@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 22:36:31 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE !!!!!

Hello ,

How are you doing? i hope you are feeling okay, i know it feels awkward to ask help from someone you don't know but if you don't search you might never find. I came online to look for someone from the India before i saw your email. I writing to ask for little help from you.

I'm Manpreet Arora kaur, I was born right there in the India..I've been having a problem with my Dad who i live with but right now due to our differences, i have left the country after the death of my Mom in India. My Dad works has a Contractors in Utah and Africa include some parts of the Asian and US. I work with my father as his personal auditor and we move around for his contracts wherever he is awarded.

My first boy friend, absconded with my dad's money which was kept with me after a completion of a contract in Salt Lake,US. When my boy friend got absconded with the undisclosed sum of US dollars, this brought the first broke up between I and my dad, cos he thought, we have the deal together, but not knowing that I'm an innocent about this. So my dad has been harsh and tough against me about this.

Then when I perceived all his behaviors towards me and the bad acts of his newly gotten wife, i decided to leave India to meet a friend in United Kingdom whom have meet during our stay there for a contract. I left because my dad have been treating me bad and stopped me from working with him even having any access to his assets, and i felt no where to go than to leave the India.

Now, I'm in need of your help, i was giving only 6 months visa to UK but the 6 months Visa has expire without doing nothing even to survive for my daily living is very difficult. Right now has am talking to you, i'm in deportation camp, you know I'm a foreigner here and it is absolutely danger for me because i was told by the official here that i need to get my Ticket to come back to India, if not it may take me more then 1 year living in the camp before the government can attend to my issue. so that is why i need your gesture assistance.

How i want you to help me? I have contact my relative in India to loan me the amount of 3.5 Lakh which she have agree to loan me but i never disclose to her that am out of India if not she will never render this help for me and moreover she will inform my dad that am out of the country which will create a big problem. My relative is ready to help me with this amount but i don't want her to deposit in my account because i won't have access to the money since i don't have any online access in UK and my ATM is presently in India. My relative in not ready to deposit into someone else account, for this reason she have agree to go to the bank with the 3.5 Lakh and get a demand draft issue on my Name.

Please i want this demand Draft to be send to you and once you have the demand draft with you then you can personal loan me the amount of 1.30 Lakh in other for me to buy my ticket from the camo and to buy some other things i need. Once i arrive in India we can both go to the bank and cash out the demand draft since it is issue on my name.

This may look difficult for you been the first thing of knowing each other but, I'm ready to compensate you with the amount of 50,000 INR for this help, while the total amount i will give to you is 1.80 Lakh. I know the money might not be your problem but i want you to have pity on me has a young lady.

Please let me know if you can help me with the amount of 1.30 Lakh while i will inform my relative to send this demand draft to you once she have the demand draft from the bank. Immediately you received the demand draft with you, i will look for bureau de change in UK that has account in India where you have to deposit the 1.30Lakh, once the payment is deposit in India then the payment will be giving to me in UK through the bureau de change.

I promise to compensate you and I will appreciate your trust towards this and hoping to hear from you and to meet you in person once i arrive in India.

I will need this following information for the demand draft to be send to you once my relative have gotten the demand draft from the bank.

1....Your full name as it will appear on the Envelop,
2....Your full address to ensure delivery of the Envelop
City:
Zip Code:
State:
3....Your phone number.

I look forward to read from you.

Best Regards,
Manpreet Arora


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