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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: "Miss Mary" <missmary268@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mary_moure@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:25:29 +0000
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME

Dear Sir,

I greet you with the love of humanity which I believed is suppose to be in
the heart of everyman including you. Let this message go down well with you
and consider my request as opportunity to save my entire life and restore my
dignity and personality

My names are Marry MOURE a young girl of 19 years, from the KONOR DISTRICT
of TOGO. I am the eldest daugther of my late father, His Royal Highness (Dr
SOLATA MOURE) the Agbana of Konor The 11. My father was murdered in a
Cold-blood by the (Revolutionary Armed Force) that initiated the civil war
and political unrest in my countrY. He was victimized for advocating
JUSTICE and EQUITY for every citizens. He was killed along side with six
other senior chiefs and other high ranking personal in the palace.

The painful thing that shook me is that when our only son born among my late
father's children was stabbed to death by the rebels. While my younger
sisters who were trying to rescue him was shot to death by one of the
soldier. It was the grace of God that I managed to escaped through the back
small gate by the help of the security men. My mother and her last born of
about 10 years who survived the attack are also here with me in NIGERIA, the
Republic Of Nigeria capital city .we all came here for safety of life.

What a bitter experience in life! I am left with only a mother and little
boy at this stage of life. The only hope and treasure that might keep me
living now is the physical cash of US$15m (Fifteen Millions U.S Dollars) and
(52 kilogram of Gold Dust) are in a separate metallic truck boxes which my
late father had deposited in a bank here in Nigeria before he died. In his
WILLS he has deposited the money and the precious items in my names as the
first daugther who to succeed her.

In the Will, he stated that, the fund should be used to take care of the
family and the well being of The Palace. Now, that the palace is burnt down
during the up-rising and the children were killed and scattered, our family
attorney and the community elder men advised me to leave the country for
abroad for security reason.

My beloved, now that I can no longer go back to my Country for settlement, I
decided to seek a foreign partner like you who will assist me relocate the
boxes to his country for safe keeping and investment purpose. What I want
you to do for me now is for you to stand as a foreign partner and receive
the money in your country when the shipping company delivers boxes of gold
to you.

In case you reply me with interest , I am ready to send you all documents
that covers me as the owner of the funds and gold and in addition help in
making any necessary assistance that you my require from me. Please, the
money and the gold is my life and my only hope, as soon as you received the
boxes, keep it safe and send for me to come to your country so that we can
all join hands together for investment that will bring profit to us so that
we can keep our families in good order.

Thanks
Miss Marry MOURE.


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