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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: "MARRIA." <marria_kalon15@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: marria_kalon1@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:33:13 +0100
Subject: BROTHERS/SISTERS.

Hello,
I am writing this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance after I have gone through a profile that speaks good of you. I want to find out if it's possible for you to deal with individual as to investment .
I am Miss Marria Kalon and my Brother Eden,we are the children to late Lieutenant Kagame from Rwanda , Director of External Intelligence at the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI).Rwanda who was murdered during the problem in Rwanda with one of my brother by his bosom Friend Mr.Mbundu,Rwandan businessman based in Kampala, Uganda when they seek refuge in his house. We the family members knew that Mr.Mbundu plotted my father's death because he accused my late father of cheating him out of a Diamond deal.our mother was murdered after two weeks of the burial of my father by unknown person ,It was this reason our Family Lawyer advised us to leave the country for our safety with some of my father's vital business documents.
We are now in Dakar Senegal under UNHCR with these papers' because after the death of Our father our uncle started to persecute us over my father's properties which he later snatched from us under threatening,and enventual death of my mother.now there is nothing we can do than to run for our life' which is very important to us as regards the advise of our lawyer.we are in critical condition to be under refugee with fears and sleepless nights and to compare with senegal where things are very hard everyday things is highly expensive and can not afford anything in a condition like this.
There is nothing we can do now because i can not decide to go into prostitution' thats over my dead body.The the only hope and source of our happiness at this times is that our father deposited some of money in Bank.inside the WILL he advice that the money will only release to us with his foreing partiner which he did not mention any name,please that is why i need your assistance over this transaction. which I am the only person that is aware of it and the next of kin.,the whole documments and contacts are with me,because my father loves me very much that was why he gave me every information about that money through our faithful lawyer. now I have called the Bank and they told me that unless I have some body who will represent me with all the documments that is requared' that they are not going to release the money to me. so this is why i am looking for a reliable person that will go for it on my behalf to have the money retransfered to your account or a se!
peret account and help me to come over and meet with you.Please ,I am not trying to force this thing on you but its just a proposal so if you are intrested or know any body who will be willing to help me,feel free to write me for more informations.Remember this money is my life line and this
information must be kept secrete for the seck of my life.
My Best Regards contact us in those email (marri_kalon3@yahoo.fr)
Marria.



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