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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: Favour Ayuba <favourayuba1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:03:40 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: My darling please i need your Assistance













DEAREST ONE










Firstly I thank you for your reaction to mine email; En line with the message, which I have sent to you.










How was your night over there in your country,i believe you had a
wonderful night and that the atmosphere over there in your country is
very nice today? Mine is a little bit warm over here in Dakar Senegal.





















My name is favour Ayuba, I was born in 1985 but age doesn't matter in a
real relationship, so i am confortable with your age, I am from Ivory
Coast in West Africa  ,5.8ft tall, fair in complexion single,(never
married ) and presently i am residing here in Dakar as a result of the
civil war that was fought  in my country some years ago.





















My late father (Dr Aliyu Ayuba) was the managing director of Ayuba and
Associates (Ltd) and he was the personal advicer to the former head of
state before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed
my mother and my father in cold blood.





















It was only me that is alive now and I managed to make my way to a near
by country Senegal where i am leaving now as a refugee under a
Reverend-Pastor's care and i am using his computer to send these
message to you.










I would like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes.





















PLEASE Do not be offended for  this message that comes from me please,
fair which to me obliged to put simple trust on you due to my situation
here as a refugee and I shall demand most your conscientiousness after
yours to know about me, I shall really grow fond we to have good
inspite attitudes therefore I have this as a trust which i believe that
you can not betray it at the  end. I have communicated you because of 
my difficult situation here in this refugee camp; Its just like one
staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace I will come out here
soon.










 










I don't have any relatives now whom i can go to.. all my relatives ran
away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is  Rev-
Augustine Johnson , who is the pastor of the church (Christ the king
church) here in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came here
but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel
because the camp have two hostels, one for men the other for women.










 










The Reverend Tel number is (+221-772-560-162).if you call and tell him
that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel. As a
refugee here i don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it
money or whatever because it is against the law of this country. My
love I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first
year before the traggic incident that lead to my being in this
situation now took place.










 










Please listen to this(please it's a secret,even no one knows about it
except the Reverend that knows about it),i have my late father's
statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will
send to you later, because when he was alive he deposited some amount
of money in a leading Foreign bank which he used my name as the next of
kin, the amount in question is $4.2M (Four Million Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars).





















So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and
from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents
and air ticket to come over to meet with you. I kept this secret to
people in the camp here, the only person that knows about it is the
Reverend because he is like a father to me. So in the light of above i
will like you to keep it to  yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i
am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about
it.










 










Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i
deposed on you. I like honest and understanding people, truthful and a
man of vision,hardworking and GOD fearing people. My favourite language
is english but our language is french but i speak english very
fluently. Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said i have alot
to tell you. Attached here is my picture. I will send you more in my
next mail. Have a nice day and think about me. Awaiting to hear from
you soonest.










Yours in love,










Miss favour

















































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