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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: "Dr. (Mrs) Mariam Abacha" <mariamab1990@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:58:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: $500.000.00 Compensation For All Your Past Efforts




My Good friend,
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family?, You may not understand why this mail came to you.But if you do not remember me, I am Dr. (Mrs) Mariam Abacha, wife of the last Nigerian Head of State, General Sani Abacha, you might have receive an email from me in the past regarding a multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded. I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting $120M transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Trinidad and Tobago. Presently I'm in Trinidad and Tobago for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in South Africa,his name is MR.Donald KuberekaEMAIL: donaldkubereka2013@outlook.com  
Ask him to send you the total of $500.000.00 which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter in the past. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.So feel free and get in touch with my secretary Donald Kubereka and instruct him where to send the amount to you. Regards,Dr. (Mrs) Mariam Abacha

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