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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: umaru issah <umaru_issah1212@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:33:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Sir I am honest with my proposal


I am most grateful for your mail, and I seize this opportunity to thank you for coming to my rescue. I hope you were not too embarrassed by my first email to you since you do not know me before. I have to first of all thank you for considering my proposal and the quick response.

In view of the importance of this to us, I have to reply immediately inspite of much pains and ill health. I am not surprised that you will feel skeptical with this development. I, too, with conscience will feel the same way when a total stranger writes to me on such confidential matters in the internet.

But excuse me , I do not mean any harm neither do I mean to deceive you, but I am seeking for your Godly assistance to stand as my Next of Kin and retrieve/receive the Funds on my behalf and dispatched it to Charity Organizations mainly for humanity in general.


Note before, I need you to give me your words that you will be very honest and straight forward with me when the money gets to you, So long as you can execute this transaction successfully and help me dispatched it to Charity homes for the needy.

Thus, I would need you to get back to me on the following issues:

(1) That you are in a position to be trusted as a God fearing person with such a Huge amount of money and that you will dispatch it to Charity Organization, mainly for the betterment of the less priviledge and humanity in General.


(2) That you are willing to contact the security company to discuss the terms of releasing the funds and you will reinburse yourself any money you spent immediately the funds gets to your custody.

(3) That you fully understand this transaction up to this stage and you are ready to proceed under these terms for the betterment of the less priviledged and humanity in general.

As soon as I receive your reply that you are ready to proceed under these terms for the help I need from you, I will also send to you the necessary documentation to conclude this transaction as my life is too short.

I want you to pray for me so that God would forgive me and be merciful to me and accept my soul and If it is possible for God to give me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it now.

God bless you and I await for your urgent response.

Barukh Azeze Issa.


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