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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: Kadi mouhammed <kadimouham@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:34:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Kadi


Dear Friend,

I am Kadi Mouham 46 years old female from Republic of Sudan.My
husband is into Timber sells,He die of heart ailment with only one surviving
son.But now my husband family wants to take the money from me,but thanks to God that the money was on my sons name ,so i really want you to help me
invest the money in any business you feel that will help us and see that this amount of money leaves this place,I will be happy to give you more details if you are willing.

On that faithful afternoon,before he die,he disclosed to me that he made a deposit with the name of my son in a finance firm,the amount deposited USD $ 7,500,000.00 (seven Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars).

As I have not had the pleasure of demonstrating the advantages of this investment.Meanwhile, in your response I would like you to indicate your
willingness to handle this transaction sincerely by protecting my interest
and upon your acceptance of this proposal, I would appreciate us to discuss
the details and mutually agree on your percentage interest or share holding for helping me to secure the transfer of the asset and investing it.

Looking forward to your urgent and positive response.

Yours Sincerely,
Kadi Mouham

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