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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: "Amina Muhammed." <amina_m007@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: amina_mu01@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:54:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss. Amina Muhammed.

From Miss. Amina Muhammed.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
West Africa.

Confidential message.

Attention :

This email transmission is coming to you from my residence because of it's confidential status. However, this letter contains some confidential materials and should be deleted from your mail box indicating that you are not interested concerning the proposal.For the formality of this transacttion I would appreciate introducing myself. My names are Miss. Amina Muhammed the director of audit in the bank here in Ivory Coast (Cotte D'Ivoire) in West Africa.

We discovered an amount of 28,500.000.00(Twenty eight million five hundred thousand united states dollars) during our audit and the amount belongs to Mr. Ziya Bazhayev who died in the plane crash of Yak-40 jetliner on March 9, 2000. You may follow the Link below to read about the Plane Crash my client lost his life:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/672849.stm

I and my colleague have all the necessary documents involved in the deposit. Now I want you to stand as the next of kin and help us transfer this amount of money from this bank here to your bank in your country. We assure you that this transaction/deal is 100% risk free and I will prepare all the documentation and prove the source of the fund before the transfer.

Furthermore, I would want you to understand that this business involves two bank top officials and must not be played with. We advise that you think very well before responding to this proposal because we need a matured and strong hand that can handle this transaction. Your percentage and other important details will be discussed once I confirm your kind willinngness in assisting in the transfer. We anticipate your prompt response indicating your willingness and readiness to proceed.

Best regards.

Sincerely,

Miss. Amina Muhammed.
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:

This email may contain confidential health information that is legally privileged. This information is intended for the use of the named recipient(s). The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any party unless required to do so by law or regulation and is required to destroy the information after its stated need has been fulfilled. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken in reliance on the contents of this email is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail message in error, please notify the sender immediately to arrange disposition of the information.
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