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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: "Mariam Abubakar Sulaiman" <mariamabuls@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:59:53 +0700
Subject: Urgent Reply


Dear Sir,

I am Mrs Mariam Abubakar the widow of Mr Abubakar an
Engineering contractor who was murdered in Iraq.

After the death of my husband I escaped from Baghdad
to my country then to Thailand. where i was staying now as a refugee under the United Nation for Women refugee. where my husband deposited (USD$3,000,000,miln) Three Million Dollar belonging to him for his contract.

The money was well packed that even the aid agency did not notice that the luggage contains cash, I am with the original document and the receipt of the safe keeping company. As a refugee i cannot involved in any bank transaction of Huge sum of money under the United Nation Law.
I therefore need your assistance by coming here to claim this money on your foreign Bank account, you need to open (N.R.A.) Non Resident Bank Account.


Please I will like to invest the money where is safe and less political conflict
you will help me invest it in a good business in partnertship with you.

We can discuss how many percentage of the fund I will
give you, You can reach me on this E- mail
above, Expecting to hear from you soonest,

Best regards,
Mrs Mariam S. Abubakar.





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