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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: "Miss Aisha Wasim" <aishawasim2001@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: aishawasim7@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:33:20 +0100
Subject: Good Day

Dear,


I know that this mail might be a surpriseing to you but
do consider it urgent.In a nut shell,My name is Miss Aisha Wasim
25 years old from the republic of Sierria-Leone in West Coast
Africa,Now seeking for refugee in Dakar -Senegal under the(UNHCR).

I am the only child of late Dr.Madi Ibrahim.I am
looking for someone who can accomodate me in life,
I promise to be obidient to you and I will bring
happiness into your life,

My late father was the managing director of Rainbow
Gold and <a href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=1&k=diamond%20mine" onmouseover="window.status='Diamond Mine'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">Diamond Mine</a> company in (KENEMA)Sierra-Leone.
But he was poisoned to death alongside with my mother
by his business associate,On one of their outing to
discuss a business deal,

However,after their death and buriel i stayed with
my father's brother who wanted to ruined my life,He
conspired and converted all my late father's landed
properties and houses that he left behind for me to
his,despite all the good my father did to him,He
went ahead,to claim and empty my father's local bank
account number that was meant for my educations
and he stooped me from schooling,All this he did
to me before the war broke out in my country sierra leone
and every body was shattered,I ran for my dear life to
dakar senegal where i am today in the refeguee camp.

My only happiness today in life is that he did not
discovered my late father's important files which
he gave me in the hospital before his death,
according to this files he has the sum of (US$15.2M)Fiften
million two hundred thousand U.S Dollars only.deposited
in one of the leading Bank here in Dakar Senegal and the
deposit documents indicate me as the next of kin.Presently,
I am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy
foriegn personality to help me move this deposite into
his bank account number abroad as my foriegn beneficary
to the deposit,As directed by the bank due to my refeguee
status.I will map out 15% for you.


1) you will Stand on my behalf in this bank as the
beneficiary for the claim of the inheritance from the
bank since the management of the bank adviced that I
should solicit for an individual or corporate organization
to claim the deposit for me as they can not release it
directly to me due to my refugee status here.

2)Transfer the money over to your own country and
into your possession and take enough money to come
down here to pick me to your country where i shall
stay forever .

3)Invest and manage the money for me in a good business
pending my maturity.

Furthermore,you can contact the Bank for confirmation
and I will issue a letter of authorisation on your name,
that will enable the bank correspond with you on my behalf.
I am giving you this offers as mentioned with every
confidence on your acceptance to assist me or accomodate
me into your life.if possible and manage the money for me.

Conclusively I wish you send me a reply immediately
you recieve this proposal.

Regards,

Aisha Wasim.





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