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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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Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?s=20d?= <s_dion25@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: samira02@mail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:25:07 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I Need Your Assistance


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: s_dion25@yahoo.co.in

>From Samira Dion


Lome Togo


samira02@mail.com




Attn:


Dear Sir,


It may seen surprise to you when you will received this letter from me, please i want you to bear with me for it's because of my deplorable situations and conditions here, which lead me to search for your assistance and to reveal to you my most life bothering, asking for your confidential assistance. I wish to introduce myself to you.


Firstly, I am Miss Samira Dion William,19 years old next month and the only child of my late parents, my Father was a successful famous businessman before he was killed in my country Sierra Leone by his business associate, during the war in my country.


My late Father who was Diamond export dealer,took good parental care of me because my mother died under my infant age but i was very lucky to be out of home for church service the terrible day the event took place . Since then iam under United Nations High Commission where i' m granted asylum as a Refugee here in lome Togo.


Before my Dad was killed he deposited money with my name as the next of kin in a bank ,the vital documents that covered the fund are with me. I am really in a difficult condition over here in Togo and that is why I demanded for your honesty and trust assistance over this matter, and this issue has been bothering me a lot since the events took place years ago in my country because i have nobody to relay on.


I hereby, written to you in a good faith that you will assist me for the sake of God and make the claim of this money on my behalf from the bank,so that the bank will transfer it into your account there for my arrival, which the money can be use for a profitable venture in your country,as i want to extend my level of education because my Dad usually stated to me that academic is the best legacy. I hope with this little explanations, you can understand me very well toward my inevitable plight here in the camp.


I shall stop from here and anticipating your positive response so that i will educate you more regard the project, because my situation here leads me to orphan world, i will appreciate your urgent reply for more details. May God Almighty bless you and your family.


Yours Sincerely,



Samira Dion (Miss)

samira02@mail.com



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