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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: "princess mai01" <princessmai001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alprincessmaidawa2006@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:00:19 +0000
Subject: Urgent plsssssss.

Dear Friend.
Good day and Compliments, I am writing this letter in confidence
believing that if it is the wish of God for you to help me and my family,
God Almighty will bless and reward you abundantly and you would never regret
this.
I am contacting you with the following investment proposal for your kind
assistance. My name is Princess Mai , and I am a female student of
University Burkina Faso,Ouaga. I am 24 yrs old. is the grace of GOD to
contact you i like caring, loving and home oriented.

I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to know more about
you. My father was a king before his death, which the citizens of my
community crowned him over ten years before his death. my late father was
the king of Bobo Land In BURKINA-FASO, whose lands are being used for Gold
exploration and Oil drilling by some Gold companies. I am a princess to him
as his daughter and I am the only person who cantake care of his wealth now
because my junior brother is still young and my mother is not literate
enough to handle my fathers business empire.


He left the sum of USD 8 million dollars
in a security company here in Burkina Faso. This money was annually paid
into my late fathers account from the companies that are into Gold
exploration and oil drilling who are operating in our locality for the
compensation of youth and community development and royalties which are due
to him as the paramount King of the community in our jurisdiction.

I don't know how and what I will do to invest this money somewhere abroad,
so that my father's kindred will not take over completely what belongs to my
father and our family, which they were planning to do without my consent
because due to his sudden death he did not write down his WILL. This made it
difficult for us the members of the family to lay claims on anything that is
publicly know by the community apart from this money that is hidden in the
security company since I am a female as stated by our tradition in the town.
Now.

I urgently need your humble assistance to move this money from the Security
Company where the money was deposited to your bank account that is why I
felt happy when I saw your contact because I strongly believe that by the
grace of God, you will help me invest this money wisely. I am ready to pay
30% of the total amount to you if you help us in this transaction and
another 10 interest of Annual Income to you, for handling this transaction
for us, which you will strongly have absolute control over it. If you can
handle this project sincerely and also willing to assist me in lifting this
fund, kindly reach me, through this email address Please,note that this
transaction is 100% risk free and I hope to commence the transaction as
quickly as possible,
I will send you my picture as soon as I hear from you for recognition.

yours sincearly
princess MAI.
Dear Friend.
Good day and Compliments, I am writing this letter in confidence
believing that if it is the wish of God for you to help me and my family,
God Almighty will bless and reward you abundantly and you would never regret
this.
I am contacting you with the following investment proposal for your kind
assistance. My name is Princess Mai , and I am a female student of
University Burkina Faso,Ouaga. I am 24 yrs old. is the grace of GOD to
contact you i like caring, loving and home oriented.

I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to know more about
you. My father was a king before his death, which the citizens of my
community crowned him over ten years before his death. my late father was
the king of Bobo Land In BURKINA-FASO, whose lands are being used for Gold
exploration and Oil drilling by some Gold companies. I am a princess to him
as his daughter and I am the only person who cantake care of his wealth now
because my junior brother is still young and my mother is not literate
enough to handle my fathers business empire.


He left the sum of USD 8 million dollars
in a security company here in Burkina Faso. This money was annually paid
into my late fathers account from the companies that are into Gold
exploration and oil drilling who are operating in our locality for the
compensation of youth and community development and royalties which are due
to him as the paramount King of the community in our jurisdiction.

I don't know how and what I will do to invest this money somewhere abroad,
so that my father's kindred will not take over completely what belongs to my
father and our family, which they were planning to do without my consent
because due to his sudden death he did not write down his WILL. This made it
difficult for us the members of the family to lay claims on anything that is
publicly know by the community apart from this money that is hidden in the
security company since I am a female as stated by our tradition in the town.
Now.

I urgently need your humble assistance to move this money from the Security
Company where the money was deposited to your bank account that is why I
felt happy when I saw your contact because I strongly believe that by the
grace of God, you will help me invest this money wisely. I am ready to pay
30% of the total amount to you if you help us in this transaction and
another 10 interest of Annual Income to you, for handling this transaction
for us, which you will strongly have absolute control over it. If you can
handle this project sincerely and also willing to assist me in lifting this
fund, kindly reach me, through this email address Please,note that this
transaction is 100% risk free and I hope to commence the transaction as
quickly as possible,
I will send you my picture as soon as I hear from you for recognition.

yours sincearly
princess MAI.
Dear Friend.
Good day and Compliments, I am writing this letter in confidence
believing that if it is the wish of God for you to help me and my family,
God Almighty will bless and reward you abundantly and you would never regret
this.
I am contacting you with the following investment proposal for your kind
assistance. My name is Princess Mai , and I am a female student of
University Burkina Faso,Ouaga. I am 24 yrs old. is the grace of GOD to
contact you i like caring, loving and home oriented.

I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to know more about
you. My father was a king before his death, which the citizens of my
community crowned him over ten years before his death. my late father was
the king of Bobo Land In BURKINA-FASO, whose lands are being used for Gold
exploration and Oil drilling by some Gold companies. I am a princess to him
as his daughter and I am the only person who cantake care of his wealth now
because my junior brother is still young and my mother is not literate
enough to handle my fathers business empire.


He left the sum of USD 8 million dollars
in a security company here in Burkina Faso. This money was annually paid
into my late fathers account from the companies that are into Gold
exploration and oil drilling who are operating in our locality for the
compensation of youth and community development and royalties which are due
to him as the paramount King of the community in our jurisdiction.

I don't know how and what I will do to invest this money somewhere abroad,
so that my father's kindred will not take over completely what belongs to my
father and our family, which they were planning to do without my consent
because due to his sudden death he did not write down his WILL. This made it
difficult for us the members of the family to lay claims on anything that is
publicly know by the community apart from this money that is hidden in the
security company since I am a female as stated by our tradition in the town.
Now.

I urgently need your humble assistance to move this money from the Security
Company where the money was deposited to your bank account that is why I
felt happy when I saw your contact because I strongly believe that by the
grace of God, you will help me invest this money wisely. I am ready to pay
30% of the total amount to you if you help us in this transaction and
another 10 interest of Annual Income to you, for handling this transaction
for us, which you will strongly have absolute control over it. If you can
handle this project sincerely and also willing to assist me in lifting this
fund, kindly reach me, through this email address Please,note that this
transaction is 100% risk free and I hope to commence the transaction as
quickly as possible,
I will send you my picture as soon as I hear from you for recognition.

yours sincearly
princess MAI.

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