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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: glen chickman <chickmanglen@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:45:25 +0800
Subject: ANOTHER MAIL FROM DAY 21, TWO DAYS AGO

ANOTHER MAIL FROM DAY 21, TWO DAYS AGO

Glen

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Hello My Dearest

I am very happy to see your reply to my mail . How is your today? i hope
fine . Mine is not good here . Dear please i would like you to think of me
and my situation here , not just for fun or romantic affairs . Please i
believe you are in a good position to help me out . I want you to be by my
side and help me out of this condition , please. My name is Miss Binue
Dion,I am 24 years old , single and never married . l am from Liberia in
West Africa and presently l am residing in the church Orphanage home of St
Louis Catholic Parish here in Dakar Senegal as a result of the civil war
that was fought in my country some years ago . My late father Dr. John Dion
was in politics and also he works contract for government , he supports the
present government before the rebels attacked my family one early morning ,
killing my father and my mother Stella with my two younger brothers.Honey
please save my life from here,because my situation here in the camp is very
bad for me,as i was writing you this night Others was inside the camp
sleeping,mean while only me was outside the camp crying just because of my
situation here in the camp,no one to help me out from here that is why i
come to you in order that you will help me out from here,


My dear it is only me who is alive now because i was in school where i was
doing my first year in social science in the University of Liberia and l
managed to run to a nearby country Senegal where l am staying now . In this
the orphanage home , we are only allowed to go out of here only on few days
of the weeks. It is just like one staying in the prison . I don't have any
relative now whom i can go to, all my relatives ran away in the middle of
the war and the only person i have now is Rev.Dickson Abel who is a
reverend father in St Louis Parish here. He has been very nice to me since
i came here but i am not living with him , i am leaving in the woman's
hostel because we have two hostels, one for men the other for women . He is
also the person who i use his computer to write to you because i help him
type some documents for church services . The reverends Tel number is (
+221-7717-04102) if you call and tell him that you want to speak with me he
will send for me in the hostel to answer your call .

I want to go back to my studies because i was only in my first year in
school before this happened .. Please listen to this , my late father when
he was alive deposited ($4..6m) four million six hundred thousand united
state's dollar in a bank which he used my name as the next of kin and i
have his statement of account and death certificate here with me . Please i
will like you to help me transfer this money to your account in your
country and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling
documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you in your country
because i have nothing at hand with me here to make any movement or do any
thing . I'm afraid of the enmity my father created back in my country when
he was alive , that was also why i ran out to this place . I kept this
secret other peoples here because i don't want them to know who i am or
what i have . The only person that knows about it is the Reverend because
he is like a father to me .

please because of this , i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't
tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if
people gets to know about it . Remember i am telling you all this due to
the trust i have in you , though we have not met in person .I like honest ,
understanding and God fearing people . My hobbies are music , reading
,writing and sports . I have attached my picture for you and i will also
like to see yours .I will like to know more about you your name and address
in full. My favorite language is English , though not very perfect .
Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said i have a lot to tell you.
Have a nice day and think about me and my situation here please. Awaiting
to hear from you soonest .
Best wishes Binue Dion!!!

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