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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: munirat abacha <muniratabacha0002@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:39:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: confidentail mail


My dearest VICTIMNAME

May the good God continue to bless you and your family
for your very kind and prompt response to my email,
indicating your willingness to assist us transfer this
funds out of Nigeria for investment purposes in your
country or any country that you will recommend as
originally intended by my husband. I got your email
contact from an internet web page and after fasting
and prayer I decided to contact you to assist me in
this very important project hoping that you will not
fail me.


I am very impressed by your person and I feel I have
found the right person, but time will tell. As you
know, the success of this transaction will depend on
our total mutual trust as we have not met each other
before. Hence I want you to reassure us that you will
not take undue advantage of our situation but will
only take the agreed 15% and reimbursement of any
expenses that you incur in the course of transferring
this money into your account. I want you to treat me
as your own sister, and handle this transaction with
total commitment of purpose as you own.


Once more as regards to the instruction from my entire
family, I am been asked to get from you the following
for easy contact to you and also to inform you on time
when there is urgent need to the project. Please as
one of your contribution to this project and for my
family and reference records, try and get back to me
with details of your

1. your full names
2. your phone and fax numbers

Please this is very important to me and the entire
family so that we will open a file in your name for us
to update you on what ever that we have discussed in
the family concerning this project.
I have to let you know that we have gone a very long
way in getting to this very stage of the project.
Once more, this is the full detail contacts of my
lawyer. His contacts are
1. Email address: cokesolicitors@yahoo.com
2. Name: Charles micheal coke
3. Firm: COKE & SOLICITORS ENGLAND

I wait for your comprehensive details of all
information requested. Thanks and my regards to your
entire family and I hope to meet with you when I come
over to your country.

Thanks.
Sister Fatima Abacha Munirat.
For and on behalf of the family


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