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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: jacob_ma@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 19:30:25 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=20=20MATHA=26Jacob=2EU=20TIJAN=2E?=

From MATHA&Jacob.U TIJAN.
From SEIRRA LOANE.
Email;jacob_matha@yahoo.fr
Good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you-this however is not
mandatory nor will I in any manner force you to honour against your will.
I am Miss MATHA W.UBAH, The Daughter of the late Chief WILLIAM UBAH TIJAN
the former minister of Mining AND power in SEIRRA LOANE. There is an imformation
I would like you to keep very confidential, OUR late Father was a former
minister of Mining AND power in SEIRRA LOANE under his brothers regian
President ALHJA AHMED TIJAN KABAH.The President of SEIRRA LOANE.
It is sad to say that he passed away in during one of his business trips
abroad year 12th.Feb. 2002.Though his sudden death was linked to his brothers
the so called president ALHJA AHMED TIJAN KABAH .After his death our ealder
brother the one before me was killnap since one year till today we have
not seeing him But God knows the truth! .
we have been asking ourselives why do we have to pass this life sorrowing
with my family and feeling the pain's since we have no mother and father
, and brother.
I and my brother have never know a moment of happiness. I know from the
moment that my Father was kill by poisoned our race against time had begun.
please we need your help,we will never succeed in trying to paint the picture
of the agony we am through with my family. if you have lost someone who
was so dear to you in unexpected circumstance you will probably understand
what I went through or what we experienced.
And we are very worried about the political situation of the country where
we are now Cote d'Ivoire.
Problem this is the reason why we need your help.Now WE want an a foreign
partner who will stand as our foriegncounterpart to AS Late father to recieve
the money that was letf for in the bank here.the money which was deposited
for us here in a one of the bank in Cote d'Ivoire.All we need from you is
willingly acceptance to stand for to recieve this from the bank
account overseas. since year we have being in Cote d'Ivoire for sake of
our life and our uncle never know our where are about.We are not safe here
in this conutry.
, Dur to we Dose not have any foreign relectionship our Daddys good friend
we know is late from USA.now when we go through him dairy all the contact
we got there is their Africans.Beside that we dose not want get involve
in make mistake. we have discused severaly with the bank manger here and
noting we can do than to apoint some body as we have now confided in you.The
amount is $15,000,000.00 fifteen million Please assist us to accept to hand
this transaction for us and invest this fund into a meaningfull business
areas that you know too well. for our future depends on this.Pls we wish
to offer you $1.500,000 One million five hundred dollars for your commission.And

As soon as you signfy your interest we will forward the deposited slips
you and will link you to the bank and will introduct you as our foreign
partners.In the light of above we are willing by way of agreement that will
bide us.
Thanks.
MATHA&Jacob.U TIJAN



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