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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: Sarah <sarah_nguma@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: rsarhrr@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:47:39 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hello Dear Friend




Hello Dear Friend,

I know that this letter might come as a surprise to you but do consider it as an emergency. I am Miss Sarah from Harare,Zimbabwe.I presently residential here in Dakar Senegal due to the political unrest in our country.I do not know the extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation in my country Zimbabwe,but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN,BBC news bulletins.I will be very glad if you will accept to lead me to the right channel by means of your assistance to transfer and invest my funds in a safer political economy.i i presently here in Dakar Senegal because of the fund which is eight million,three hundred thousand united states dollars($8.3 million).
This fund was deposited by my late father in a finance house here in Senegal and i want to transfer it from here to your country for investment.Please i i earnestly anticipating your kind assistance and i do hope to hear back from you soon for further clarifications.

Thanks and God bless.
Sarah



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