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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: sandlin sandlin <sandlin_0k@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: sandlin_00k@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 04:22:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WHAT IS HAPPENING HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU.YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED PLEASE.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: sandlin_0k@yahoo.com

GOODDAY MY DEAR ONE.

THIS FROM MADAM SANDLIN HILL FADIGA.

FROM 44 ADIFU ROAD ACCRA (GHANA).


Please i am total convice to write to you concering the condition of my life. and i will be every happy if you can treath me well on this my noble problem as your own sister.


I am Mrs Sandlin Hill Fadiga the wife of late Mr.Agustin.F.Hill Fadiga of Ghana a well know business man (transporter) on his life time before he pass away.he was killed by his immedate younger brother.he polt assasiners to kill him just because of their late father's property when they want to share it.he just do that for him to take everything of their father's wealth alone.


After then we dicover that he was the one that killed my husband,then it cause a big problem in the family to the extence that he piosned my two sons to death and left me with ashmmer for more than one year now.we spend and spend from hospital to hospital but still no improvement so i now dicieded to hand everything over to God,presently am now in church with my only son left,and i come to you for a help me and this my only son that left because i don't know if i will survive this sickness and i don't want them to kill him also as he killed others.


There is sum mount of money that my late husband deposited under fixed escrow account to one bank here in cote d'Ivoire(Ivory Coast)the total of the money is $16.4millon U.S dollars (sixteen millon four hunderd thousand U.S dollars)which he wanted to use exterblish gold manufacturely company befor they killed him for me.


Now i want to make sure to see that this money is transfferd out of the country to your country through your help for the upbringing of this my small child for his life future before anything can happen to me.please and please do this for the sake of God for me my knees is on the ground please, because i will never be at lest in any where am when seeing this young boy surffering.i know that my late husband brother will never spear him alife if i dead.


please am looking forward to hear your good reply.

Thanks and may God be with you as you give me the help.


From Mrs Sandlin.H.Fadiga.



- sandlin sandlin


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