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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: Yusuf <yus_wari1@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: yus_wari@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 23:39:38 +0200
Subject: Reply Soon,


Dear,

Due to my careful search for an honest, reliable and sincere business partner, i got your contact and i ask if you can be trusted not to break an agreement? Still, it took me time to make up my mind to contact you and to offer you this proposal of mine of which my whole life depends on.

Dear, my name is Yusuf WAZIRI, the son of the late president Dr.laurent WAZIRI, I am 21 years old and presently residing in Dakar Senegal in west Africa under political asylum. My mother happens to be a nurse whom the late president had an affair with during his life ,

and the affair resulted to my birth, but it was unfortunate that the late president did not marry my mother legally and as a kind of settlement, for my mother and i,my father deposited the sum of($18. 9 million us dollars cash) to my mother for my life inheritance to invest into companies as gold and diamond refinery in Europe. My father stashed these sum of money and deposited it in a finance house and after my father was killed by his body guard earlier 2001, and my mother died also earlier just two months after my father's death, and at the age of 21 years old, i am left with this huge sum of money ,

and i need a father or mother who will help me transfer this money overseas for immediate investment as i have made up my mind to work with you and for us to invest the money in your country as one family . I also feel that you may have better experience into investment, so please i will like you to take me like your family and handle this money for any investment you may want us to join in your country, please, all i need is you to be honest with me as not to break my hole life.

Yours sincerely,
Yusuf WAZIRI.

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