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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: "SPACE. " <space@space.com>
Reply-To: jfaith049@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 08:07:52 -0400
Subject: !!!Greetings From Faith Johnson


My dear ,

Please do not be offended by the way or manner i came to you. After much consideration and prayer i have decided to tell you all about myself because i believe you can be of Assistance to me and my faith and believe in God lead me to you. i am the only daugther of my late father Mr and Mrs GRIMES JOHNSON. from LIBERIA .My father was a wealthy Cocoa, Gold and Diamond merchanat in Africa before his untimely death.After his business trip to Abidjan the Capital city of Cote D'Ivoire to Negotiate on a Cocoa business, a week after he came back from Abidjan he was Assassinated with my mother,Which my mother died instantly but my father died after five days in the hospitals I didn’t know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother.

But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die. He my father, (MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE) he disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of $8,500,000 US Dollars ( eigth million five hundred thousand Dollars) in a Safe Bank in Abidjan , Côte D’Ivoire .I went to the bank where my late father deposited the fund on my behalf to with-draw money in other to take care of my self and pay for my school fees with other bills.

I was shocked when the Bank Manager explained to me that I will not be able to with-draw from the deposited money, because my father had put a clause on the Will, which he used in depositing the fund with them, saying that before I will be given access to the
money, I will either have to be 30 years old or if only I get married before the age of 30 ,in which case, my husband will be legible to claim the money on my behalf by standingin as my late fathers next of kin to claim the deposited fund on my behalf.

Today I am only 21 years old. And I have no access to the money till I am 30 years. So,I contact you to stand as my husband to claim this fund on my behalf and in case if you are married already, you can still help me by standing in as my foreign partner. So, please get back to me as to know how you will be remunerated as I will part with 20% of the total sum (Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars),while 10% will be mapped out for any expenses that we're to use to receive the money from the deposited Bank.

I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now permit me to ask these few questions:

1. Can you honestly help me as your partner or wife?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is transfer to your country?
4.Can you assure me of the confidentiality of this transaction,So that when coming in to your country there would not be focus of attention.

Waiting to hear from you.

Yours truly,
Faith G Johnson

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