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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?MISS=20ANGELA?= <angela_111m@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 20:53:08 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PLEASE AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: angela_111m@yahoo.co.uk

ATTN PLS:

Dear

I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation in my country Sudan but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins

I am Miss Angela Garang from the Republic of Sudan i am the Daughter of late John Garang,My late father was vice president of Sudan the position he held for three weeks before he died in helicopter crash,he was killed by Sudan President Omar al Bashir in helicopter crash,in which he denied.

The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek you assistance in the area of my future investment and also for a help hand over some amount of money my Late father deposited for me as beneficiary.This money is Five Millon Five Hundred Thousand Dollars my late father deposited it for me some years ago,

I am in Dakar Senegal now.i came here after the death of my parents, i came to this country to search for a foreign partner to help me retrieve the money from the Bank and also help me relocate to your country and invest in real estate and industrial productions.I have contacted them some many times what they told me was due to my refugee status they will not release it to me,that i should present somebody or a company to stand on my behalf. i am now asking you to pls help me stand on my behalf to make this claim,to stand as my partner oversea and in time of the investment as well, please if you are willing to assist me,indicate your interest in replying soonest.

you can read about the death of my late father in this newspaper report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4734517.stm

waiting

yours Angela Garang




- MISS ANGELA


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