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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: "mawa salif" <mawasalif01@msn.com>
Reply-To: mawasalif@fsmail.net
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:48:23 +0000
Subject: From: Mrs. Mawa Salif

From: Mrs. Mawa Salif
08 BP 25687 Abidjan 05
Avenue 23 Rue 33 Barree Benjevail,
Cote D'Ivoir West Africa
Telephone: 0022507915210
 
Dearest One,
 
Please permit me to inform you of my desire of going into a business relationship with you, after praying for direction to a honest person who can help me out of this condition I and my family are into, I have not review this to anyone accept you, due to it's esteeming nature and I hope you are a trustworthy person I can build this transaction with.
 
I am Mrs. Mawa Salif from Ivory Coast a widow with two sons, I lost my husband a couple of years ago, My husband was a serving director of Cocoa exporting board here in this country before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip.
 
Before the died of my husband, he secretly called me and told me about the money he deposited in a bank here as an investment fund with his partner abroad which he did not tell how the person is, in tune of (US$15,000,000.00 dollars) My husband told me that he deposited this money for importation of cocoa processing machine.
 
Please I need your help to retrieve this money out from the bank here to your country on your account for safe keeping so that it will be secured for my children for an investment purpose as I did not have any one here to help me out.
 
Note, that after the transfer of this money to your account you will help us come over to your country for our future also I will like to invest this money in your country for the bright future of my two sons. I will give you 20% while 80% will be for our inheritance and for the investment purpose.
 
I will like you to keep this transaction confidential to avoid enemies of progress until it comes into your account and for the safety of this money. Understand that I will want your presence here for the conclusion of this transfer with the bank it will help us know all the fact on this deposit.
 
I wait for your reply urgently on this matter for more details. 
 
Thanks and remain blessed.
 
Mrs. Mawa Salif
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