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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: Bentiu Omar Machar <mis.bintu2@yahoo.in>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:32:45 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello Dear how are you?


 Hello Dear,

Good day and how are you? i hope all is well and fine with you including your health,Bear with me as am using this opportunity to introduce myself to you. my name is Miss.Bentiu Omar Machar, from Southern Sudan but currently residing here in Burkina Faso, i'm making this contact with you based on the fact that we have not met before and due to the urgency nature of the situation i found myself as a victim of Sudan political crises in my country which involved lost of my parents and lots of people between the government and rebel.  
I am contacting you based on a pitiable situation in which I found myself today as a refugee here in burkina faso, find a way to help me out and I will remain grateful.
My late father Mr.Omar Machar was a big works in the oil field in South Sudan, One early morning rebels attack our family house and kill my dad,My father was murdered in cold blood,while my mother died during the bombing of our village,western sudanese state of north Darfur. The Sudan rebel through it's various agents has confisticated all my late father's known properties since his death and the rebel has been killing civilians along ethnic lines at a mosque,a church and a hospital.The rebels want to take control of the oil field and More than a million people have been forced from their homes since fighting broke out in December 2013.
Go through below website to find more details of what my country have passed through.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27102643

furthermore:There is an information I would like you to keep very confidential, my beloved father deposited some fund in a Bank in Burkina Faso for safe keeping with my name as the next of kin before he died but my present status does not permit me by the local law to clear found or make a transfer of found into an account, The manager of the bank advice me to provide a trustee who will help me and invest the money. Presently the fund is $8.500.000 Million U.S. Dollars. I need your assistance for the withdrawal of my inherited fund and also transfer the fund to your position for partnership investment there in your country and thereafter I will offer you 20% from the total sum as your rewards for assisting me.

I stand to assure you that there is no problem in this transaction for it is 100% legal free. Find a way to help me out and I will remain grateful, take me as your own blood sister and help me.
I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely and can maintain the very confidentiality of this transaction, write me back for further discussion.  
 
Thanks for your anticipated understanding and co-operation, God bless...
 
Sincerely yours
Bentiu Omar Machar.

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