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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: <fatima_yussuf2000@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:34:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Mrs Fatima Yussuf . I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.

From Mrs Fatima Yussuf .
Cote D'Ivoire,West Africa.
Attn :
I hope you will consider and give it urgent and
favourable reply. My name is Mrs Fatima Yussuf 40 years,a
citizen of Sierra - Leone , wife of late Dr.Mahmood Yussuf,
who before his death was the person managing the Sierra -
Leone gold and diamond corporation( SGDC ) .
I hope you are aware of the war which has ravaged my country
for the past years now . It was in one of this attacks by
the rebels that led to the death of my husband and three of
my children , now I am left with only my last son Ahmed. I
was terrified of the situation and because of this I escaped
with my son Ahmed from Sierra - Leone to Cote d' Ivoire into
a refugee camp.

Before the death of my husband, he told me that he
deposited the sum of u.s$12.3 million in a metallic trunk
box in one security company in euorope as family valuables,
presently this money is with the security company wathin
for me to come for the claim .

My aim of contacting you is to seek for your able assistance
as a front in contacting the security company for the claim
of this box that contain this money to your country then as
a business developer , you can help us to invest
wisely in areas you deem lucrative and finally obtain a
residential permit for us to stay comfortable in your
country of abode .

Presently we cannot go back to Sierra- Leone because of the
situation there and you know that Cote D' Ivoire where we
are now is politically unstable; we therefore wish you could
help us get out of here before it become worse.
We are prepared to offer you 20% of the total funds for your
able assistance and support and would send you proofs of the
funds as soon as we favourably hear from you. Finally I
implore you to treat this transaction with secrecy and
confidentiality for security reasons.reply in tis my box and
send a coppy to fat_guei@k.ro

I Need Your Informetion's
HOME ADDRESS
N;0.............................................
TELEPHONE NUMBER..........................................
FAX
NUMBER.......................................................
YOUR FULL NAME..............................................
Thanking,
You in anticipation and Allah bless you.
Mrs Fatima Yussuf.




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