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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: Sussan Karim <sussan_karim12@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 04:44:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELP ME


It
is my pleasure to write you after much consideration. My name is Miss
Sussan Karim The only Daughter of late Joseph Karim,from Sierra-Leone (I
am 19years of age. My father was former Director of finance
Sierra-Leone diamond,Gold and mining corporation, in Free Town,the
economic capital of Sierra Leon before his untimely death.After his
business trip,My father got an accident with my mother of which my
mother died instantly but my father died five days after in a private
hospital in our country. On that faithful afternoon, I didnt know that
my father was going to leave me after I had earlier lost my mother, but
before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die.

 My
father called me and told me that he deposited the sum of Nine
Million,United State Dollars. USD ($9,000.000.00) left in fixed /
suspense account in one of the prime bank in LOME
the economic capital of TOGO.That the money was meant for his diamond
and Gold company he wanted to establish in Tunisia, according to my
father he deposited the money in suspence account using my name as the
next of kin. My reason to contact you is to asssit me to transfer the
fund into your account because the bank made an agreemet with my father I
can not access to this fund only if I can having an foreign partner
from oversee to help me transfer the money and invest it. If you
interested for me let us know.

Miss. Sussan Karim,






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