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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 Asma Michel" <mrs.asmamichel109@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs_asmamichel@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:41:04 +0000
Subject: FAITH AND PROMISE


My pleasure to meet you,

You are blessed my good friend, it will be my pleasure if you can use this
money to help the poor and less privileged more especially now many
developing countries are suffering because high food prices.

I'm searching for a reliable and god fearing person and having gotten your
contact through prayers and painstaking efforts, I have decided to seek your
help to carry out my last wishes. My name is Mrs asma Michel,origin from
Liberia and residing in Togo, west Africa,my husband was a French Military
engineer and his name was Michel Lauren,he was French Military Engineer here
in Togo.

My late husband was also under contract with oil companies in west Africa,
but unfortunately he was poisoned by his colleagues, my late husband was
killed by his colleagues,After his death autopsy proved that he was
poisoned.

My husband and i did not have any children after 12 years of marriage.Before
this happened,i was a house wife. But since the loss of my husband, I have
found a new desire to assist helpless needy families, since all the
treasures of my life has gone. all my family was killed during Liberian
War,my husband was all i have.

Since after the death of my husband, i have been visiting
orphanage/motherless homes. I have also donated some money for humanitarian
needs in Sudan, Niger, Cameroon, Guinea Bissau, and Liberia. I truly need
your assistance to use the money my late husband deposited in the Euro
Account, my late Husband deposited the sum of €7.5million (Seven Million
Five hundred thousand euros) in a long-term deposit account in a Bank here
in Togo .

Presently, I'm in a Chinese hospital here in Togo where I have been
undergoing treatment for oesophagi cancer at Shanghai Medical Center
Lome,Togo. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me
that I have only few months to live.

Because of this reason,I'm seeking for your assistance to help me continue
the work of helping the needy from the money my late husband deposited in a
long- term deposit account, please i want you to consider this proposal and
use the money my late husband deposited in the Bank to help the needy,
kindly reply me so that i will give you the Bank contact,
mrs_asmamichel@yahoo.fr

Thanks,
Your's faithfully
Mrs Asma Michel.

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