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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 isha <p_isha004@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:09:06 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: HOW TO PROCEED


dearest brother


This is to thank you for your update response regarding my request to you and also to give more details regarding this project. I pray that almighy God will bless you and your family for your decision in helping me to realise this my inheritance into your account.

As a matter of fact, I am going to maintain a forever relationship with you for helping me in this matter. I decided to transfer this money outside the country based on the kind of opperession we have been coming across in the hands of our uncles and aunts since my father died. They have been squandering every properties of my father simply because I am a female as stated by our culture and my younger brother is still too young to talk much on that.

And because they do not know anything about this money, I decided to transfer it outside this country so that I will make wiser use of the money because even if I can realise the money here in this country they will still found out and rise up against me. So, that is why I contacted you for this for you to help me out so that this money will be transfered into your account.

You do not have any risk to bear in this transaction because my late father's lawyer will be meeting the security company on your behalf, he will also supply them with the whole papers that cover the money now i am i am with my mothers sisters house with my junior brother .

Therefore, all I need from you is your C.V BOGRAPHY ,so that my late fathers attorney will use the information to get the change of ownership with on your name and your international passport is also needed .



Meanwhile, I will need an invitation letter from you to enable me secure my visa easily from the embassy here and fly in to your country just as soon as this money reaches your account for the sharing of the money and investing of the money. To be frankly speaking,I have made up my mind to invest almost my own share of the money in your country though that shall be based on your advice to me.

I am sending you my picture for recoginition purpose and I will also need yours as soon as possible.

May God bless you as you help me out in this matter.

I am waiting to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,
Ms.princess isha

>From Burkina Faso in West Africa.
Home Address: Rue 54 ave. LOUDIN
B:P 1508
Ouaga. Burkina-Faso.
Thank you.
N/B.Attached is my picture

princess isha <p_isha004@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:


dearest brother


This is to thank you for your update response regarding my request to you and also to give more details regarding this project. I pray that almighy God will bless you and your family for your decision in helping me to realise this my inheritance into your account.

As a matter of fact, I am going to maintain a forever relationship with you for helping me in this matter. I decided to transfer this money outside the country based on the kind of opperession we have been coming across in the hands of our uncles and aunts since my father died. They have been squandering every properties of my father simply because I am a female as stated by our culture and my younger brother is still too young to talk much on that.

And because they do not know anything about this money, I decided to transfer it outside this country so that I will make wiser use of the money because even if I can realise the money here in this country they will still found out and rise up against me. So, that is why I contacted you for this for you to help me out so that this money will be transfered into your account.

You do not have any risk to bear in this transaction because my late father's lawyer will be meeting the security company on your behalf, he will also supply them with the whole papers that cover the money now i am i am with my mothers sisters house with my junior brother .

Therefore, all I need from you is your C.V BOGRAPHY ,so that my late fathers attorney will use the information to get the change of ownership with on your name and your international passport is also needed .



Meanwhile, I will need an invitation letter from you to enable me secure my visa easily from the embassy here and fly in to your country just as soon as this money reaches your account for the sharing of the money and investing of the money. To be frankly speaking,I have made up my mind to invest almost my own share of the money in your country though that shall be based on your advice to me.

I am sending you my picture for recoginition purpose and I will also need yours as soon as possible.

May God bless you as you help me out in this matter.

I am waiting to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,
Ms.princess isha

>From Burkina Faso in West Africa.
Home Address: Rue 54 ave. LOUDIN
B:P 1508
Ouaga. Burkina-Faso.
Thank you.
N/B.Attached is my picture.



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