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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: "williams magret" <magmushave107@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:03:37 +0200
Subject: Reply

Dear Amarjit Singh,

I am very pleased to receive your response to my mail. Infact I must first
thank you for your willingness to help me invest this fund abroad, May the
Almighty God continue to uphold you and help you and myself in this
transaction. I believe that my coming to you is God's plan and I do not want
you to look at it as business relationship but I want to establish a long
family relation with you by the grace of God, our union will bring good
fruit and blessings to both families. One thing I have always been praying
to God is to direct me find someone who is trustworthy to entrusting this
fund which is my life and my children together with other members of the
family into this hands, please do not let us down and may the Lord God
Almighty continue to bless and uphold you especially at this critical time
you have come up to help me.

Based on the impression you have showed in responding to my request. Will it
be possible for you to travel down to South Africa? Because your trip will
afford us the initial opportunity to meet and to sign a legal binding
investment agreement as partners. The agreement is just a Deed of Trust
Stating that I am empowering you to hold "in-trust" the entire amount for me
and on my behalf, until such time that we deem necessary.

As I previously told you this Fund was deposited with the Security Company
by my late Husband all I intent to do is to entrust this money to you and
enter into business partnership with you, with the hope you will not
disappoint my family in afterward.

The reasons of requesting your assistance is for to help me retrieve the
consignment from the security company because of my refugee status Because
of the country existing law, which bears asylum seekers/refugee like us to
operate an account that exceed US$2000.00.

For we to proceed I will need all the below information:

*Your full names

*your private phone and fax number for easy communications.

* Your Resident or office Address

*Your company name and your position in your company.

Yours truly,

Mrs. Marget Mushave

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