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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: aminatu arikama <aminatu.arikama@zalau.ro>
Reply-To: ar_arikama@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:50:29 +0200
Subject: Good Day Dearest.


Good Day Dearest.

I thank you for taking your time to read my letter, it took me quite a long time to makeup my mind to contact you via your email id, I demand your kind understanding when you go through my proposal below:

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 hus band h e deposited a huge amount ( US$11.8M) in a finance house 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 death and they will still kill my son if they have the opportunity.

The fund transfer will base on the option you prefer, (1) bank to bank transfer (2) through a diplomatic channel to your address, the finance house is ready to transfer the fund with any of the option we agreed on, as soon as I receive your reply of accepting to help me I will giv e you all the details includin gyo ur percentage for assisting me in this legitimate transaction. Pls reply me through my yahoo ID: {mailto:ar_arikama@yahoo.fr - ar_arikama@yahoo.fr}
Thanks. May God be with you.
Mrs. Aminatu Arikama

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