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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "princess sussan" <princessussan@msn.com>
Reply-To: sussanela1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:27:33 +0000
Subject: From Princess Sussan Ela

Dearest One,

I must start by introducing myself. Am sussan ela a
daughter of phillip ela A citizen of United state of
america, in the city of california and i was born and
grow up in TOGO and my father was a farmer before
his death and I worked with a bank one of the African
leading banks in the West Africa.

Here in this Bank existed a dormant account for
the past 4 years, which belong to a Iraq national
who is now late. When i discovered that there
had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this
account for this long period, I decided to carry
out a system investigation and discovered that
non of the family member nor relations of the
late Iraq citizen is aware of this account.

am in assylum in nigeria right now due to the
recent crisis in togo that led many homeless
and orphans.

This is the story in a nutshell, Now i want
an account overseas where i can transfer this
fund. Thereafter I had planned to destroy all
related documents for this account.

It is a careful network and for the past
eleven months i have worked out everything
to ensure a hitch-free operation.

The amount is not so much at the moment
and plus all the accumulated interest the
balance in this account stands at-US$9.5
million US dollars. Now our questions are:

1.Can you handle this project?
2. Can i give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission?
Consider this and get back at me as soon
As possible.

Finally, it is my humble prayer that the
information as contained herein be accorded
the necessary attention, urgency as well as
the secrecy it deserves.

I expect your urgent response if you can
handle this project.don,t hesitate to
contact me throught my Email

Address;pricessela@oleco.net
sussanela1@yahoo.co.uk
Respectfully yours,
princess ela sussan


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