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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: Amani Barakah <barakah_amani@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: amanibarakah200@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:49:53 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Good morning


Good morning,















I love to invest in your country a good
lucrative business,such as real estate business  that will yield
profit, most unfortunately for me, my father just died during the crises
in ivory coast by gun shot on his way to one of his TIMBER exploitation
sites.After the accident, he was recovered dead and the burial ceremony
was done properly. My main problem now is that my father's relatives
want me to marry their uncle in order to secure my family wealth. They
said that if I marry to an outsider, our family wealth will be taken to
another people and that they will not accept. They said it is their
right to preserve their family wealth and lineage. I refused because it
is ridiculous for them to compel me to marry a man that is not my
choice;  just to preserve the family wealth.















Although I am a young girl of only 21
years old, I believe I have the right to choose my own husband for
myself. My refusal to their plan was seen as insult, so they threatened
to deal with me without pity. They said it is better that I do not live
than to have the family wealth given to an outsider, Last month, they
sent some hired assassins to kill me in our family house but as God will
have it, I manage to escape that death and I ran away from our family
house to a place that I am Hiding presently to secure my life. I will
not return back to that house again, else I would be dead. This issue is
serious. Fortunately for me, my father kept the sum of $10. 500 000.00
US Dollars with my name as the nest of kin in a bank which the family
members are not aware of, During the deposit, my father had agreement
with the bank that money will not be given directly to me until I'm 25
years of age. Or if I wish to receive the money before  25 years old,
then, I must appoint a foreign guardian overseas who will stand for me
and receive the money in his/her custody. Considering that fact that I
am only 21 years old now and the present situation with my relatives, I
humbly request that you stand as my foreign guardian so that the bank
will release the money to you.















I will relocate to meet with you once
the money transferred to your personal account in your country so I can
start a new life there. Please come to my rescue immediately and God
will reward you. Am ready to compensate you with 20% of the total amount
and if you like, we can also go into business partnership with the
money, Am looking for a God fearing person with trust, as a business
partner, if you are interested kindly contact me for further
explanation.















Please, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways/















1. To serve as a guardian of this fund since am 21 years old.







2. To make arrangement so that the money will be transfer to your personal account.















Hope that you can reply to my private
email box then from there I will give you my phone contact to call me
for more discusing to know each others.















Amani Barakah.

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