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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: "Miss.Annabel Tiehi" <annabeltiehi@superbee.com.br>
Reply-To: annabeltiehi@yahoo.es
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:19:57 -0300
Subject: Urgent Reply Needed

Dear Friend

It is my prayers that in any time in your life that you need help, God
himself will come to your aid.Before continuing, I do like to inform
you that this transaction is a risk free. It is completely risk free.
The
money inquestion I want to transfer into your bank account is my
inheritance from my late father. It is a legally acquired money so
there is
nothing wrong about it. Because,Before the death of my father in Lagos,
He sincerely called me on his bed side and told me that he had a sum of
Eight million
Three hundred thousand United state Dollars ($8,300,000 US DOLLARS)
kept in a local bank here in Lagos.He also used his name to Deposit the
money,and me as his only daughter as next of kin/heir.i am the only
survival of the family as my mum died 3 years before my dad of child
birth.

Like I told you in my mail, I am alone now. I want to transfer the
money into your bank account after which, I shall travel to meet with
you
in your country so that we can invest the money in lucrative
businesses.
I am only 21 years now and I do not have any experience of investment.
I am hoping on you to make the investment. Last week, I went to the
bank here where the money was deposited to inform them that I want them
to
release the money to me. The bank people told me that their was an
agreement with my late father during the time of deposit that the money
will not be given or release to me until I am at least 24 years of age.
Now that I am not up to 24 years, the bank said that I have to appoint
another person who will act as my guardian so that they will release
and
transfer the money directly to the person. The bank said that the
person that I will appoint must be a least 24 years or above. This is
the
reason why I have contacted you urgently t!
 o help me receive the mo!
ney. The second reason is that my

My dear It is true that we do not know each other before now, I believe
that we can work with one another and become a very reliable partners.
I know for sure that both of us will handle this transaction to a
mutual benefit. once I hear and concluded with you, I shall give you
the
contact of the bank here so that you can contact the bank as my
guardian
and request for urgent transfer of this fund to your account.
The bank is already aware that I should appoint some one and they have
been waiting for me to give them the name of the person. The bank will
work directly with you and will release the money directly to you. Once
the money is released, the bank will transfer the money into any
account that you will donate.
This means that you will need to provide a bank account where the money
will be transferred into. it does not matter if there is money in the
account or not. All the bank needs is a valid account that can receive
the money when it is transferred. Once the money is transferred into
the
account that you shall donate, you shall send me some money back here
so that I can arrange for my traveling documents . I hope to meet with
you one week from the time that the money have been transferred into
your bank account.

Concerning the reason why I choosed you, I will like to tell you how it
happened. I do not know who I was going to appoint as my guardian. Now
the time is running and I am getting more confused. I starting asking
God for directives on that. On day, I decided that I was going to look
for people contacts and profile and select any one that my mind told me
to pick. I went to an internet center here in Lagos Nigeria were I
present live and started searching on the internet. I got a lot of
contact
but I copied only three and took it home.

When I got home, I kept the names and was praying on it so that God
will direct me. I was afraid but a last, I had this aasuring in my
spirit that God will never let me down as an orphan. On the last day, I
was
led by my spirit to take you among the three names. I did not waste
time but contacted you the next day. I trust you but I trust God the
more
because he will never fail me nor leave me. From you mail too, I am
sure you are the right person for me. I am compelled to even trust
someone
that I do not know because I do not have any choice.
I hope that this mail have explained so well and if you need to know
anymore thing, do not hesitate to ask me so that I can answer. When I
receive your next reply. I will leave you here and until I hear from
you,
I remain.You can reply me at annabeltiehi@yahoo.es
In God's loving arms.

Annabel Maryse Affi Tiehi


N:B ON REPLY OF MY EMAIL I WILL SEND YOU THE DOCUMENTS OF THE FUND TO
SEE, ALSO ON YOUR RETURNING OF THIS MAIL PLEASE SEND YOUR TELEPHONE AND
FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION

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