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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: Rosin Dens <rosebenson204@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rosin.dens2001@qq.com
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 13:12:07 +0000
Subject: Good day,

Good day,

I get your email online when i was searching for an sincerely person
and I contacted you personally because I seriously needed your help My
name is Miss Rosin Dens. I am 19 years old girl and the only child of
my late parents Mr.and Mrs.Dens Joseph. My father worked for many
years with an oil and gas drilling company and he deposited the sum
of.Five million,eight hundred thouand Euro (5,800 Euro)in my name
before he died in January 2014.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.

Please I want you to help me transfer this money to your bank account
for investments and also help me come over to your country to continue
my education because my uncle wants to kill me and collect my
inheritance money from me because I am a little girl,
Please take me like your daughter, or your sister.

I have reported him to the local Police of my country (Ivory Coast)
but the Police have not done anything to help me since then and my
life is at big risk here in my country. I am writing this mail to you
from a local hotel where I am presently hiding for my safety until I
travel out from my country after the transfer. I am willing to offer
you 20% of the total funds as compensation for your help after the
transfer and I want you to reply me urgently if contact me as soon as
possible on my private email (rosin.dens2001@qq.com)
Thanks and I will give you more details as soon as I hear from you.

yours sincerely
Miss Rosin Dens.

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