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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: "Maryam Abacha" <maryam_abacha600@msn.com>
Reply-To: maryam_abacha600@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:33:16 +0000
Subject: GOOG DAY URGENT

From: Maryam Abacha
Kano, Nigeria.

RE: For Time Essence, Please Respond Immediately to my mail.

I am Maryam Abacha, the wife of the Late Ex-President of Nigeria, I was
falsely accused of murder and as such was imprisoned but thanks to Allah, I
have been released for my innocence.

Well, I need your assistance in securing my fund which is in a Security
Company . for the government is making plans to seize my property(s) home
and abroad just as they did to my husband's own.Please view these sites and
read the content carefully below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_741000/741506.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1935631.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/564586.stm
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/bumez/petition.html
http://www.odiousdebts.org/odiousdebts/index.cfm?DSP=content&ContentID=974

The amount is $35 million in a Security Company Abroad. All that is needed
is to secure all necessary documents and certificate, send them to you to
contact the security company in abroad.
I will remunerate you with 20% of the total funds at the end of the
transaction.

I have been confined only to Kano and all my calls are monitored, So I will
get my secret private Attorney to get you the needed information and take
you through this transaction. I can only secretly contact from my Nokia
communicator whenever I am in Prayer room.

PLEASE REPLY TO MY LAWYERS WITH THE DETAILS BELOW:

Name: Barrister. Bello Adam
Email: bello_adam@latinmail.com
If you willing, ready and capable of assisting me in my endeavor, please
response to my attorney's email immediately.

Best Regards
Maryam Abacha


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