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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: mrsmonica marshal <mrsmonicamarshal@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 02:04:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELP ME PLEASE


NO 12 ABA OWERRE ROAD
RIVER STATE OF NIGERIA
PORTHARCOUR
29TH JUNE 2005


ATTN: FRIEND

This business proposal to you is strictly confidential, with due respect. Sorry at this perceived confusion or stress you may have receiving this letter from me, Since we have not known ourselves or met previously. Despite that, I am constrained to write you this letter because of the urgency of it.By way of self introduction, I am Mrs. MONICA MARSHAL , the wife of late HARRY MASHAL AN ASPIRANT OF PEOPLE DEMOCRATICAL PARTY(PDP)UNDER OUR PRESENT HEAD OF STATE CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASENJO BEFORE HE DECLINE TO ANPP WHO WAS ASSISNATED AT ABUJA NIGERIA STATE CAPITAL ON 5TH MARCH 2003 AND LEFT ME AND MY THREE daughters trapped in obnoxious custom and traditional norms.We have suffered maltreatment and untold hardship in the hands of my late husband's family, simply because I did not bear a male child [heir apparent] for my late husband. By tradition, all that my late husband had, [wealth] belongs to his brothers/family. And myself is to be remarried by his immediate younger brother which I
vehemently refused. They have taken all that I suffered with my husband to acquire including treasures, houses and his bank particular seized by them. I wanted to escape to the United State of America [USA} with my children on exile, but again they conspired and stole my international passport and other traveling document to further frustrate me.Thank God, two weeks ago, I received Key Text Codefrom a BANK, that my late husband deposited U.S $7.5 Million cash with this BANK. It has therefore, become very necessary and urgent to contact someone, a foreignerlike you to help me receive/secure these funds overseas in a reliable bank Account(presumably an empty Bank Account, if available) and to help investit on our behalf as well, while we find a way of getting out to meet with you in your country.These funds are kept on an "OPEN BENEFICIARY MANDATE with the BANK to avoid detection, seizure or diversion. This is why I have contacted you to help save my children and I, receive these
funds on our behalf. But, you would need to give me sufficient assurance that if you help me, you would not divert the funds. My children and I have resolvedto give you 30% of the total sum. This is all mychildren and I have got to live on.Please, I have reposed my confidence in you and hopeyou will not disappoint me. I look forward to yoururgent response, including your private phone / mobileNo and also your fax no for easier communication.NB: The secret codes (e.g Pin No., Secret Access Code)for this fund are safely kept with me which I can give you as soon as you express desire to help me
Stay blessed.
MRS MONICA MARSHALA:













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