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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?yusuf=20malick?= <yusuf02malick@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 01:36:35 +0530 (IST)
Subject: HI


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: yusuf02malick@yahoo.co.in

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION,


Due to my careful search for an honest reliable and sincere business partner, i got your contact Iformation and Still, it took me time to make up my mind to contact you and to offer you this proposal of mine of which my whole life depends on,.My name is YUSUF MALICK , the Son of ALHAJI Musa Malick of blessed memory from Zimbabwe,


During the current crises against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and his followers.My father is One of the most successful multy farmers

in our country and because he did not support Mugabe`s ideas,


Mugabes supporters invaded his farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing him and made away with a lot of items in my fathers farm.Before his death, my father had deposited the sum of (USD $ 7.5 MILLION).After the death of my father, I decided to move to Republic of SENEGAL where i re-located under political asylum as a refugee to seek for foriegn patner overseas that will assist me to move this money out .


to your country as i have made up my mind to invest and live in your country With my yonger Sister Ishatu.I have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance as soon as the money get`s into your account while 5% will be mapped out for any expences that may be incurred in the course of this transaction.I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out come of it. All I want you to

do is to furnish me with your personal phone and fax numbers and also your

Full Information for easy and urgent communication.Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential. You can reply me through Our private e-mail


Thanks and ALLA

bless you.

Sincerely Yours,

YUSUF MALICK

- yusuf malick


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