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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?mariam=20akub?= <makubra1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 11:29:53 +0100 (BST)
Subject: urgent

ATTENTION:
I am Mrs MARIAM .A AKUB. I came across your contact details in my
despirate search for immediate assistance.I have just arrived at Nigeria , thinking of how to settle/start life again because I am just having rest of mind now,since then. after fleeing renewed fighting in Sierra-leone . Of the 2,030 of us who ran from the village, just 78 of us made it across the boarder.I lost my husband and daughter during this flight .Thereis a pain in my heart because I haven't see or heard peace in the last 10 years. Just bloodshed and sorrow. I wonder if it will ever end.
I seek your help in retrieving money belonging to my husband. My late husband, DR.Ejiro Akub, was a devoted family man and a very successful Diamond /Gold trader in the region of Bo in Sierra-Leone.We were a happy family of four (4) before the beginning of the civil war in 1991.We were forced to seek refuge in the neigbouring country of Benin Rep.while the warwas going on,so we hid our life savings in the family tomb and fled.We returned when we heardnews of a peace treaty signed in 1999.We were decieved.The war escalated beyond imagination and it was nothing but sorrow,tears and blood the rabels left in its wake. I and my husband sold our
remaining cache of Diamonds /Golds to a Lebanese middle man and was paid cash for it. The funds were then shipped out of the country to Europe using the "Diamond /Gold trade Route",which he was very familiar with(it was how Sierra-Leone Diamonds and Golds ends up in capital cities of developed Nations).We then make plans to move and settle in Europe as we were tired of the bloodshed,but unfortunately it was not to be. Our village was raided.It was during the operation no living thing embarked upon by the Fonday Sankoh- Led Ruf rabel forces that I lost my husband and daughter.
Now, I and my surviving son have been going through hell while the funds are trapped with a security company in Europe.We lost our travelling documents in our haste to escape the fighting and beside we do not have any money on us. all We had was lost in the flight out of the worst fighting areas. What we need now is an individual who have compassion on the poor window of my type and come to her aid by retrieving this funds from the security company by means of claiming/clearing the consignment,This consignment contain the money for security reasons.
The funds total at least US$ 38.5 million Dollars and GB# 7.82 million pounds.This money is kept with the security company inform of consignment for security reasons.nobody except me knows about this,I am willing to offer you a commission for your assistance depending on what is agreed upon by both of us. I will like to tell you that 10% of each said amount goes for expenses. All you have to do is,send me your Immediate response.All necessary informations and deposite certificate of the security company will be send to you when due,and both (secret and answers to preset questions) and location of security company with this,you can claim the money, they've been directed to. If you will be able to assist, kindly let me know immediately by replying me through my e-mail (mariam_akub@yahoo.co.uk) so we can begin procedures at once you are free to ask questions where you don't understand.
I eagerly await your favourable response.
Best Regard,
Mrs MARIAM A AKUB.
N/B;
I called the security company of recent to confirm the consignment and told them somebody will be coming to clear/claim it.





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