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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: arikama@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:52:51 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mrs=2E=20Aminatu=20Arikama?=

Dear Sir,

I am Mrs Aminatu Abubaka Arikama, from Sierra Leone republic, residing in
Cote d'Ivoire. I am married to Mr Abubaka Arikama, who deals in Cocoa and
Gold business in Cote d'Ivoire for twenty five years before he died in the
year 2002. We were married for twenty years God give us a son, his name
is Abubaka Arikama Jr who is 17 now, and because of my husband love to me
he refused to marry another wife.
He died after a brief illness from food poison which lasted for only four
days. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get another child outside
my matrimonial home, my husband relatives was responsible for his death
because they want to inherit the entire legacy, I was ill and my son is
still a little boy.
Before the death of my husband he deposited a huge amount in a suspense
account with a bank here in Cote d Ivoire, Since my Doctor told me that
I have a little time left (about Six months) due to cancer problem. Having
known my condition and I can not survive this cancer illness, and I don't
want to lose my only son, I decided to transfer this fund and my son out
of this country.
I took this decision because I don't want to lose every thing my husband
has worked for, and my husband relatives are not even good at all because
they are responsible for the death of my husband in other to have all his
properties and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by those that
conspired for his deathand they will still kill my son if they have the
opportunity.
Contact me only on email address; as soon as I receive your reply of accepting
to help me I will give you all the details including your percentage for
assisting us.
Thanks.
May God be with you.
Mrs. Aminatu Arikama
Business/relationship proposal



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