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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.Fatima" <fatima_musa002@msn.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 16:36:42 +0000
Subject: Hello Happy New Year.

From: Fatima musa
Email: fatima_musa03@yahoo.com.sg

Dearest One

Pls i want to use this means to contact you in respect of my late father's consignment deposited with a private security company, My father was the director of cocoa farmers association in my country and he was into cocoa business as well, My Father deposited some amount of money ($30.5million) inside a box and deposited it as a consignment with a private security company This was because of the war in my country and this was the only means and way which my father could possibly move out this money from our country because of the political war.

My father used his position to move out this consignment through a diplomatic means to the security company's affiliated office in Europe, My father had the intention to travel over to the security company's vault office in Europe to claim and retrieve back this consignment and use the money for an overseas investment, Before he was killed, as a result of the political war in my country which i believe that you must have heard about it, Pls since i am left alone as an orphan having lost my father and other members of my family that is why i have decided to contact you to seek for your total help and assistance in retrieving this consignment since due to my age as a girl and coupled with my present situation and my inability to travel over Europe to the vault of the security company i want you to help me to claim and retrieve this consignment and have the money invested in your country and as well help me to relocate to your country to start my life again and as well to conclude my education

Pls i am willing to offer you some % of the money inside the consignment as soon as it is claimed and retrieved from the vault of the security company in Europe, Pls i am willing to detail you more and more about this matter i want you to know that this is the only inheritance which my father left and it is the only hope that i have to start my life again therefore i will highly need your total consent in this matter.

I am waiting for your soonest reply and i will tell you more about this matter May God bless you as you consider to help and assist me an orphan towards this matter Pls For Privacy Contact me at my email id (fatima_musa03@yahoo.com.sg)

Yours orphan in need,

Fatima.


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