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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: "MISS MARIAM ODINGA" <mariamodinga15@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:30:57 +0000
Subject: Please Can I Give You This Trust....?

Dear Sir/M,

I Know that this way of communication is not the most secured channel to
pass a message of this importance but right now it is the quickest means
available to me,please bear with me.
My name is Miss Mariam Odinga, the daughter of Mr.Behki Odinga of blessed
memory from East Zimbabwe,Africa .During the crises against the farmers in
Zimbabwe from the supports of President Robert Mugabe to claim all the
white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all
white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and his followers.
My father was One of the most successful multy farmers in our country then
and because he did not support president Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabe's supporters
invaded my fathers farms,destroyed and burnt everything in the farm, killing
him and made away with a lot of valuable items in the farms farm.

Before my fathers death, he had deposited in a bank in Malaysia the sum of
Six Million,five hundred thousand United states dollars. After the death of
my father a lot of cold killings and destruction ontinued, then the red
cross society of Zimbabwe took me and arranged my re-location to London
under political asylum as a refugee. Now i am in a refugee camp in London
seeking for foriegn patner overseas that will assist me to recieve the money
in Malaysia bank in his account and also secure my freedom from this refugee
camp because i have made up my mind that i cannot continue to live in this
camp and i have made up my mind that i cannot live in Britain . As an asylum
seeker i am not allowed by law to operate any bank account or involve in any
moneytary transaction . I am my late fathers next of kin and i have all
vital documents regarding the deposit of the money in Malaysia After
transfer,when you receive the money in your account in your country,you will
take 10% of the total money for your sincere assistance and 5% of the money
will be set aside to offset all expences and taxes that may likely be
incured in the course of the transaction. You will as well assist me in any
area of making profitable investment with my own money.

I want truth,honesty and transparency to be our watch word in this
transaction and please treat this transaction with strict confidentiality
for successful out come of it. All I want you to do now is to furnish me
with your telephone number and your private e-mail address for easy and
urgent communication.I am willing to show you the vital deposit documents
for your assurance when you signify your interest to help me out.
Note:Importantly that this transaction is 100% risk free
and requires absolute confidentiality.

For security purpose this is my confidential E-mail
address:{mariamodinga@quick.cz}
Thanks and remain blessed.

Sincerely ,
Mariam Odinga.


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