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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: "Info Mrs1" <infomrs2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsmariam_mb10@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:13:45 -0500
Subject: BUSINESS BENEFIT AND INVESTMENT, FROM MRS. MARIAM ABACHA.

Please Pity My Situation and help me and my family out...MRS.
MARIAM ABACHA.(For the family)
Abacha Family home guard,
Plot b1 G.Sani Abacha Rd,
Pink Estate,Sabogari,
Kano State Nig.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mrs. Mariam Abacha,, the widow of the late Gen.Sanni Abacha former
Nigerian Military Head of State who died mysteriously as a result of
Cardiac Arrest. Since after my husband’s death, my movement is under
restriction and that notwithstanding, we are being molesting; policing and
our Bank Account here and abroad are being frozen by some of my husband
business associates and the Nigerian Civilian Government.

Furthermore, my elder son who has just been released from detention by the
Nigerian Civil Government after much interrogation about my late husband’s
assets and some vital document with him, Following the recent discovery of
my husbands Bank Account by the Nigerians Government with Swiss Bank in
which the huge sum of US$700 Million and Dutch 450 Million was logged and
now looting for your perusal you can verify it your self through this web
site http:
www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/27/swiss.html
http:www.nigeriafirst.org/printer_378.shtml
http:www.jubilee2000uk.org/worldnews/africa/court_uk_ahead_abacha_loot.htm.

I therefore decided to contact you in confidence as i was fully confused
about your transparency that you are capable of helping me and my family
without disappointing to get this fund out from the security firm in over
sea's lodge it into your account for safety before my Civil government get
it frozen like others, so that i and my family can have some thing to carry
on our living in the near future, than non, i decide to contact you as a
matter of urgency to stand as the beneficiary of the consignments from the
security firm and clear them out and have it deposited into any of your
account, this sum of (US$11.5) Eleven Million Five Thousand Dollars, which
was secret and is sealed in two Metal Boxes for security reasons and smuggle
out to a security company some years ago.

I personally therefore appeal to you seriously and religiously for your
urgent assistant to move this money into your account where I believe it
will be safe since I cannot leave the country for now, due to the
restriction of movement imposed on the members of my family by the Nigerian
Civil Government, My Elder son, promise to find a way out through a
neighboring country and find way out to meet with you together with my
family Lawyer in the security company where this consignments is deposited
for claim.

Once you indicate your interest to assist me in this matter, below is my
family Lawyer direct contact telephone/fax number and his email address
together with his Chambers address, so that with my instruction and
directive he will arrange with you for face to face meeting out side my
country in order to liaise with you towards effective completion of this
transaction since my movement is restricted and my telephone conversation is
being monitored.

However, all document of claim is highly in place as this money was moved
out of the country in the secret vault through a security company to abroad
as local coco seed consignments and as soon as you indicate your interest to
help me out for the claim as the original beneficiary in order not to be
suspicious by any one, my Family Lawyer shall send you the Airway Bill of
the Luggage and
other related vital documents so that you can claim the Luggage.

Conclusively, i have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum for your
honesty and kind gesture, Please, reply urgently and for security reason
treat with absolute confidentiality and sincerity,

Thank you for your kind gesture.

My kind regards,
Mrs. Mariam Abacha,
For the family.

NB: Please for more directives and security reason contact me through my
family LAWYER: Email address. (lawfirmatlaw@yahoo.co.uk) and Chambers
address; plot 16, clergy road, off western avenue, Lagos, Nigeria.) he will
arrange with you for a face to face meeting together with my Elder son, in
security company where the Consignment is deposited for claim in order to
liaise with you toward effective completion of this transaction.
THANKS.


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