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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: "MRS .MARIAM SUHU FATAH" <mrsmariamsuhu_fatah@hotdak.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrsmariamsuhu_fatah@aklan.com
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:56:52 +0400
Subject: HELP US BECAUSE OF ALMIGHTY GOD

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

FROM MRS. MARIAM SUHU FATAH

I know you will be surprise to receive this but do please consider it
a Request from a suffering family in serious need of your assistance.

I have to bring before you this proposal because we sincerely hope
you will be reliable to assist us.

My name is MRS. MARIAM SUHU FATAH. I am the first wife of the recently
assassinated DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF BAGHADAD MR. HATEM KAMIL ABDUL FATAH.
I got your contact information through a family friend who works with
the United Arab Emirates Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This
websites is where you will read this story very well
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3970619.stm
http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=6979

Before the assassination of my late husband he deposit in a metal box
the flat sum of eight Million United States Dollars=us$8m=in a vault
of a private security firm in Middle East.

The Security Company does not know the actual content of the box
deposited with them since my late husband declared it to be precious
metals. As it is, I have now decided to divert this money for our own
personal use but we would want to get it transferred outside the
continent for onward investment purposes. We do not want to invest
here due to the volatile and sensitive status of the region.

As an international partner, I genuinely solicit that you kindly help
me and my family transfer this money into your country through your
personal or Company bank account for safekeeping pending my immediate
arrival for onward investments, in your country because since they
assignation of my husband , they were still looking in all means to
kill me and my children because we did not support SADAM HUSEIN
government.

I must stress here that there is no risk involvement of any kind since
our Attorney have mapped out a very perfect and smooth-free business
plans that will be concluded within a maximum of five working days of
receiving your approval.

We have resolved to offer you 25% of the money for your assistance and
5% of it will be for all kinds of expenses you will incur in the
course of transferring this money. The rest will be for investments in
your country or anywhere you might suggest. Further Discussions will commence when we hear from you but do not forget the absolute
confidentiality and mutual trust required in this transaction.


MAY THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH BLESS YOU.
MRS.MARIAM SUHU FATAH
FOR THE FAMILY.


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