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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Aisha Ibrahim" <ibrahim.aisha@foxmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:59:27 -0700
Subject: Hello Beloved Friend,

Hello Beloved Friend,

My name is Mrs. Aishat Ibrahim, Am French Nationality born in Nantes
(France) and i reside for almost 22 years now in Benin Republic for
purely Gold Business. My company name is: (Berossy Gold Sarl)

Dearest, I am sharing this message to explain what I currently lives
as tragedy and also the decision that I took presently.I have been a
few months victim of an incurable disease that eats away at my health.
I am suffering because of a throat cancer. Everything inside of my
throat has become a big wound that continues to rot and deteriorate
more. The disease prevents me now to talk and even eat properly.

Today, I have no one because I am an orphan since I was born and grew
up in an orphanage. Also, I lost my husband seven years ago,
unfortunately, we could not have children because he was diagnose of
low sperm count and we where on the treatment before he died. To top
it all, all our friends and contacts have forsaken me since the death
of my late husband, it was just''profiteers''.

Today, I am left to myself and am master of all I want to take but
unfortunately my health prevents me from taking care of something
arbitrary. After several results and analysis in various European and
American clinics and presently at London where i am now, The doctors,
told me that my days are now numbered, that i am living the last
moments of my life.I am therefore sentenced to 64 years dying from
this terrible disease because my doctor has just informed me there
were only one month to live on this earth and that men can not do
anything for me.

That is why I contacted you to ask you a great service as it would not
be possible for me to do it myself because of my health condition. the
fund is presently deposited in the finance and security company vault
for safe keeping in Benin Republic ($6.2 million Us Dollars). I will
want to hand over this money to you as to enable you establish a
charitable foundation in my memory so that God's grace be with me
until my last home and I can enjoy an honorable place with the Lord
our father.

If you will be willing to assist me on this project, kindly contact me
direct to my private email (ibrahim.aisha@foxmail.com) so that I will
direct you to my attorney who will brief you more on the next level of
this transaction and furnish you with will all documentations for the
inheritance. will officially and legally makes you the beneficiary to
my funds, so that even if i die you will not have any confrontation
from any body in receiving the funds.

I will wait your reply.
Mrs. Aishat Ibrahim.

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