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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: MISS PRINCESS ISHA <p.isha2003@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: p.isha2003@india.com
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 17:49:47 +0100 (BST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP








Dear Friend.



Good day and Compliments, I am writing this letter in confidence believing

that if it is the wish of God for you to help me and my family, God

Almighty will bless and reward you abundantly and you would never regret

this. I am contacting you with the following investment proposal for your kind

assistance.



My name is Princess ISHA WEDRAGO and I am a female student of University

Burkina Faso,Ouagadougou. I am 24 yrs old. I'd like any person who is caring,

loving and home oriented. I will love to have a long-term relationship

with you and to know more about you. My father was a king before his death, which the citizens of my community crowned him over ten years before his death.my late father was the king of Bobo Land In BURKINA-FASO, whose lands are being used for Gold exploration and Oil drilling by some Gold companies.



I am a princess to him as his daughter and I am the only person who can take care of his wealth now because my junior brother is still young and my mother is not literate enough to handle my fathers business empire. He left the sum of $11 million USA Dollars in a security company here in Burkina Faso. This money was annually paid into my late fathers account from the companies that are into Gold exploration and oil drilling who are operating in our locality for the compensation of youth and community development and royalties which are due to him as the paramount King of the community in our jurisdiction.



I don't know how and what I will do to invest this money somewhere abroad,

so that my father's kindred will not take over completely what belongs to

my father and our family, which they were planning to do without my

consent because due to his sudden death he did not write down his WILL.

This made it difficult for us the members of the family to lay claims on

anything that is publicly know by the community apart from this money that is hidden in the BANK since I am a female as stated by our tradition in the

town Now.



I urgently need your humble assistance to move this money from the

BANK where the money was deposited to your bank account that

is why I felt happy when I saw your contact because I strongly believe

that by the grace of God, you will help me invest this money wisely. I am

ready to pay 30% of the total amount to you if you help us in this

transaction and another 10% interest of Annual Income to you, for handling this

transaction for us, which you will strongly have absolute control over it.



If you can handle this project sincerely and also willing to assist me in

lifting this fund kindly Please,note that this transaction is 100% risk

free and I hope to commence the transaction as quickly as possible,

Yours sincerely,

Princess isha

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