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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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Fraud email example:

From: mamuna mamudu <mamuna_2000@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:19:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: WITH TRUST FROM GOD


Mamuna Mamudu
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
Email; mamuna_2000@yahoo.ca
Dear respectful,

It is my Pleasure to write to you after considering your profile My name is Mamuna Mamudu I am married to Mr. Hamed Mamudu who worked as a contractor in Ivory Coast for fiften years before he died in the year 2003. We were married for eleven years without a child. My late husband was killed by the rebels in Bouake the formaer Capital of Cote D'Ivoire during the recent political Crisis of 19th september 2002. When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of$1.5Million (One Million five hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) in a BANK here in COTE D'IVOIRE for investment aboard.


Presently, this money is still with the bank.resently my Doctor told me that I would not last due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to look for some one aboard who will help me receive and invest this money in a profitable business for the benefit of my adopted chiled because this the only hope of this my adopted child now because the relation of my husband did not know about this money.They have seized all my husband belongings and told me to go because i did not have a child for them.Again I
will like to come to your country as soon as this money is transferred to your account so that i will be able to treat myself because they have told me that there are better doctors aboard who be able to cure this my sickness.Please if you have accepted to help me i will like to hear from you as soon as possible
and i promise to conpenset you with 15% of this money for helping me.

I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health and the presence of my husband family and relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development.

Please if you have accepting to assist me i will like you to send to me your telephone and fax number, your full address and you bank details so that i will submit it to the bank for them to transfer the money to your account as i will tell them and i will tell you how you will contact the bank and what you will
tell them. I shall give you the contact of the bank where the money was deposited for you to contact them and request them to transfer the money to your account.I will also tell the bank to issue you a letter of
authority that will empower you as the new beneficiary of this fund.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated here.

Hoping to hearing from you through this email address ( mamuna_2000@yahoo.ca)

Remain blessed


Best regard


Mamuna Mamudu


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