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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: "mrsvivianselsman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsvivianselsman233@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:39:43 +0100
Subject: Very Urgent

Dear Friend,

Forgive this unusual manner of contacting you, but this particular letter is of exceptional and very private nature.

There is absolutely going to be a great doubt and distrust in your heart in respect of this email, coupled with the fact
That, so many miscreants have taken possession of the Internet to facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it
Extremely difficult for genuine people to get attention.

My name is Suzanne Mubarak, I am resident in Cairo the capital city of Egypt. I am the wife to the former Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak.I am a 50 years old woman and i am a devoted Muslim.

Sequel to the conviction and sentence of my husband and my two sons on the 2nd of June 2012 by an Egyptian court,
I am afraid that the hit might soon turn on us (his immediate
relatives)

When my husband was a president of Egypt he told me that he deposited the sum of $32.5M Thirty Two Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars in the Security Company in Europe.


I want a reliable person who will help me to receive the fund that is why i write to you to help me receive the fund in the
Security Company because I don’t want any thing to happen to the fund.

I write to inform you right now they is a war that going on in my country Egypt i and my family we are in hideout the new president have declare me and my family wanted.

Once you receive this fund from the Security Company in Europe I and my family will come down to your country for the sharing of the fund i will use my owe share to invest in your country I will offer you 30% of the total sum why 10% will be for any expenses and 60% will be for me and my family.

PLEASE can i trust you and have confident in you ? The present state
of things in my country and the present happenings concerning my husband has taken a different toll as many people are still
being killed silently because i and my children are not safe here. Due to security reasons, I will not be able
to call you and you can not call me too as our telephone lines are being bugged. Please contact me as soon as possible for more information.

If you willing to assist me receive this $32.5M dollars i want you to send this information below.

Your Full Name
Your Full Address
Your Direct Private Mobile Telephone Number
Your Occupation
Your country Name
Your ID Card

As soon as i receive this information from you i will forward it to our family lawyer to use your name to process all the vital document on your name as the rightful beneficiary of the $32.5M dollars so that you will not have any problem for the receiving of the fund.


I want you to keep this transaction confident and secret.

I wait for your urgent respond.

Best Regard
Suzanne Mubarak
mrsvivianselsman233@yahoo.co.jp

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