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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: "Collins Mahelo" <collins_mah@ny.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: coll_mah7@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:29:43 +0000
Subject: Happy New Year From Collins Mahelo.

Hello,

This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met before.I managed to get your contact details through the internet myself, Time is of importance and I and my sister are desperately looking for a person to assist us in this confidential transaction.

I am Collins Mahelo,son of the late leader of Unita Rebel of Angola who died on the 22nd February2002.

Before the death of my father he deposited the sum of USD10,000,000.00(Ten million united states dollars) in a private security trust compnay for safe keeping only.All the related documents are intact with me and i have contacted the company .I am seeker pending when I get a foriegn partner because the monetary laws here which do not allow asylum seekers to operate any bank account.

Based on the above, I am contacting you so that you can help me invest this fund in your country hoping that you will remain trust worthy.
The fund was realised from gold and diamond sales when my late father was leading some region in our country.If you are ready I will give you all the information needed.

Yours sincerely,

Collins Mahelo
Nb= You can contact me on alternate Email is = (coll_mah7@yahoo.com )














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