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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: "Mrs Linda Mate" <mrslindamate18@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:17:30 +0400
Subject: RE:I seek for a foreign partner who can work with us

From: Mrs Linda Mate
Date:23 June 2006
Email:mrslindamate234@yahoo.fr


Dear Sir,
Compliments of the season. Grace and peace and love from this part of the
Atlantic to you. I hope my letter does not cause you too much embarrassment
as I write to you in good faith. Based on the contact address given to me by
a friend who works at the Nigerian embassy in your country. Please excuse my
intrusion into your private life.

I am Mrs Linda Mate, the personal lawyer to late Mrs. Stella Obsanjo, the
wife of Nigerian president Olusegun Obsanjo. Who was the chair person of
child health care of Nigeria. She died on (23 Nov 2005) after undergoing
surgery in Spain. I seek for a foreign partner who can work with us as to
move out the total sum of us$25million Dollars (Twenty-five million united
states dollars) this money was deposited on 21st of October, 2005 on hold
for five years in a security firm .presently the whole document covering the
funds is in my possession and non of the family members or relatives is
aware this Transaction.

This must be a joint venture transaction and we must all work together.
Since this money is still in cash, extra security measures have been taken
to protect it from theft or seizure. I have personally worked out all
modalities for the peaceful conclusion of this transaction. You are going to
take 50% percent of the total sum after the truncation’s soon as i hear from
you, I will give you all necessary details as to how we intend to carry out
the whole transaction. Please, do not entertain any fears, as all necessary
modalities are in place, and I assure you of all success and safety in this
transaction.

Please, this transaction requires absolute confidentiality and you would be
expected to treat it as such until the funds are moved out of this country.
Please, you will also ignore this letter and respect our trust in you by not
exposing this transaction, even if you are not interested.

I look forward to working with you. further information confirm via this
website http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=5861&z=12

Truly yours
Mrs Linda Mate.

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