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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: "Natasha Romaric" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <natasharomaric1990@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 17:39:13 +0100
Subject: Urgent Kindly Get Back To Me

Hello Dear


Thanks for your mail, I will really like to have a good relationship with you and i have contacted you for something very important and for the safety of my life . I decided to contact you because of the urgency of my situation here,I am Miss Natasha Romaric from Central African Republic,the daughter of Late Mr.Jawanza Romaric the former Minister of national security under the leadership of President Francois Bozize ,My father was died by car accident in Republic of Lome Togo, I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment I am receiving from my step mother She planned to take away all my late father's treasures and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Parents.


Meanwhile, I wanted to escape to the Europe but she hide away my international passport and other valuable traveling documents,Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father's File which contains important documents, So I decided to run to the refugee camp where I am presently seeking asylum under the Ecowas Commission for the Refugee here in Togo, Republic of Togolese, I wish to contact you personally for a long term business relationship and investment assistance in your Country.


My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of $ 6.700 000.00 in Spain Bank with my name as next of kin, However, I shall forward you the necessary information on confirmation of your acceptance to assist me for the transfer of the fund and investment of the fund in any area of business you wish and i will like to complete my studies, as i was in my first year to second year in the university when the incident happened.


It is my intention to compensate you with 20% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my investment capital, This is the reason why I decided to contact you, Please all communications should be through this email address only for confidential purposes and i want to bring to your understanding that the money in question was deposited as a family treasure fund not as money and on no account you should let the Bank know about the transfer until the fund are been transferred to you for safety reasons.


As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will put things into action immediately, In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this matter sincerely, Am staying at the female hostel in the camp and i am receiving a little help from the priest who is in charge because i explained a little of my problem and the reason for coming to Togolese Republic because the fund was deposited in a bank here in Togolese Republic West Africa.

Kindly get back to me via this private email
natasharomaric1990@gmail.com

Awaiting your urgent and positive response, Please do keep this only to your self please i beg you not to disclose it till i come over

regards

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