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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: "Mariam Sainovic" <mariamsainovic@msn.com>
Reply-To: marsainovic@compaqnet.fr
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 13:11:20 +0000
Subject: Hello





2 Allezandro Avenue
Indiana Crescent
Madrid Spain

Dear

I regret this informal way of contacting you which I believe would be most
effective with regards to the Message I intend to bring to your notice.It is
imperative that I adopt this means of communication to safeguard my interest
and guarantee that secrecy is not compromised.

I am one of the wives of Nikola Sainovic one of the gentlemen that was
indicted at the Hague war crimes tribunal in Hague I have been thrown into a
state of utter confusion, frustration and hopelessness by the present
civilian administration. The security agents in the country have subjected
me to physical and psychological torture.First of all i would want you to
know that the indictment was politically motivated as a package the western
world has provided Yogoslavia at a closer look you will find that my husband
is completely innocent of what he has been accused of.The government has
been after my family ever since.

Everything owned by my husband was destroyed and assets confiscated.My life
and that of my three children are not spared and we have to run away into
Madrid for the safety of our life where we presently live as refugees in a
camp called Neprosteno camp, northern part of spain under an assumed
name.The situation in the camp right now is very terrible and my children
are falling sick everyday this has made come to this desperate decision to
act now.I have in my possession documents containing details of my husband?s
transactions on behalf of the Yugoslavian government,Slobodan and my husband
had kept some funds in cash to enable them take care of rebel problems.

However, now the country they protected has turned against them.This funds
were deposited by my husband in the vault of one Security Company in Europe
with no names used except Personal Identification Numbers(PIN) and
Certificate of Deposit which was used to secure the money.The knowledge of
this funds is only known to me and my husband becuase i was with him when
the funds were deposited he now left the documents in my care in case of an
emergency or anything should happen to him.I believe the time is now right
to make this move.Can you help? Are you capable of handling large funds
totaling about $12.8 MILLION DOLLARS? Are you trustworthy? If you are
capable of assisting us in realising this transaction,write me for more
information.

I am also ready to offer reasonable commission of 25% and 5% will go for
expences as will be agreed upon as i do not want my children to die like
this.I do not need to remind you of the absolute confidentiality and secrecy
required in this business please for total confidentiality


Best regards.
mariam Sainovic

P:S your email address was not displayed for confidential reason to protect
your privacy if you do not wish to assist me.


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