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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: Nada Abakar Omer <nadaomer@easymail.hu>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:35:18 +0200
Subject: Kindly Get Back To Me

FROM: MRS. NADA ABAKAR OMER.
Western Darfur State,
Western SUDAN.

Dearest in Christ,

GREETINGS!

Please accept my apology for sending this mail to you as I am soliciting for your
assistance, to help me out in my condition. From all index, I believe that you are
a highly respected personality with records of proven integrity, considering the
fact that I sourced your contact from the database of your country in the Internet.
Though I do not know to what extent you are familiar with this crisis caused by the
Oil situation in SUDAN, which has formed consistent headlines on CNN and BBC NEWS
bulletins.

I am Mrs. Nada Abakar Omer, I hail from Nyala in western Darfur State of Western
Sudan. I am writing to inform you of my desire to relocate and invest in your
country. I am the wife of Mr. Adam Abakar Omer, an Oil merchant in SUDAN who was
shot by the opponent along with our children on their way to travel out of the
country due to the present crisis in our country (SUDAN).

After the gun shots from the adversary, My daughters died on the spot while the UN
peacekeeping force rescued my late husband and rushed him to the hospital for
medical treatment where he later died. While on the hospital bed before he died, he
informed me about the (US$18. 2 million) Eighteen Million and Two Hundred Thousand
US Dollars, which he deposited in a security company through diplomatic means for
safekeeping. He also disclosed to me where he kept the documents, which I located
together with the contact details of the security company where the deposit was
made in a box as family valuables.

Since my husband’s brutal murder, my passport was seized and I was confided only to
our country home suppressed and monitored that is why I am contacting you to
represent me at the security company to sign off and claim the deposited box (fund)
on my behalf as my accredited representative for possible investment in your
country or anywhere as you would advise. I shall furnish you with the contact
details of the security company and also forward to you copies of the certificate
of deposit and other deposit documents to enable you communication the Security
Company. Note that I have never disclosed this to any person apart from you, so you
have to keep this transaction as a top secret to yourself alone.

For your assistance, I am willing to give you 30% of the total sum, 5% for
envisaged expenses from both sides, while the remaining 65% will be for me.

I am waiting for your urgent and positive reply.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nada Abakar Omer


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