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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: Munmuni Munmuni <munmuni_majid@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:00:17 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Munmuni Majid


From Munmuni Majid
Please call me : +225 07260899


Dear One,

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration, since i cannot be able to see you face to face at first. Being the only son of my father, late Mr. Rahman MAJID from Darfur, Sudan (EA) I am 23 years of age.

My father was limited liability Diamond and Gold merchant in Darfur, Sudan before his untimely death. After his business trip to abidjan to nagociate on a good investment business he wanted to invest in abidjan. A week after he came back from abidjan, their was a Fighting between government and rebels troops in Sudan’s western region of Darfur,The fighting began in Febuary 2003, when ethnic African tribes revolted against the Arab-led Sudanese government. Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir retaliated by unleashing brutal Arab militias, known as janjaweed, which have been attacking rebels and civilians at the result of this my family was a victim.

I didn´t know that my parents was going to leave me, my mother died instantly but my father died few days later (MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE) but before he gave up the ghost,he quickly disclosed to me that he deposited sum of $9,000,000,00 US Dollars (Nine Million u.s Dollars) in a security company here in abidjan That the money was meant for his Diamond and Gold company he wanted to establish in abidjan though, according to my father he deposited the money in a trunk box but declared it as vital family belongings.

He gave me the key code of the box and the deposit certificate and instructed me to seek for a reliable and trust worthy business partner for my life time investment abroad. Now I have succeeded in locating the security company here in abidjan also confirmed the items with most honest and confidentiality.

Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me lift this money out from abidjan to your safe account abroad so that we should invest it in any meaningful lucrative business in your country because this is my only hope in life.

I am willing to offer you 15% of the total fund if only you can help me out of my present predicament. Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction.

I await your immediate response.

Yours sincerely.
Munmuni Majid.


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