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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: mrsssaishakader@cooletude.com
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:45:41 -0000
Return-Path: <mrsssaishakader@cooletude.com>
Sender: mrsssaishakader@cooletude.com
From: "mrsssaishakader"<mrsssaishakader@cooletude.com>
Subject: From Mrs.Aisha Kader



Good Day.

Dear Friend,

I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody you have not
known before. I decided to do this after praying over the situation.
You should please consider the transaction on its content and not the
fact that you have not known me before. I need not dwell on how I came
by your contact information because there are many such possibilities
these days.

I would like to introduce myself as Mrs.Aisha Kader, of Repulic of
Benin, widow to Late Mr.Usman Kader (for Consular of the Benin embassy
in Madrid,Spain.I have been recently been diagnosed of Cancer of the
Pelvics. I am writing from my sick bed.

There is this consignment (containing US$29.5Million cash, in US$100
bills) my husband deposited with a security company, here in Cotonou,
Republic of Benin of which I am the next of kin. With my health
condition and because my husband and I have no children, I am looking
for a credible person to whom I will pass the right of next of kin.
This person will apply to the company and request, from them, the
procedure towards retrieving the consignment from them.

This is on the condition that you will take 30% of the fund for
yourself, 5% used for expenses, while you will use the remaining 65%
for the less previleged people in the society. This is in fulfilment of
the last request of my husband: that a substantial part of the fund be
used to carter for the less previleged.

If this condition is acceptable to you, you should contact me
immediately with your full names and contact information so that I will
send you all the documents that the company gave to my husband when the
consignment was deposited. So that you will contact the company
directly, and demand from them the procedure towards retrieving the
consignment from their company.

I cannot predict what will be my fate by the time you will recieve the
fund, but you should please ensure that the fund is used as I have
described above. I look forward to your response.

Faithfully Yours,
Mrs. Aisha Kader

Please reply through my private email: mrsssaishakader@yahoo.fr





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