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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: Salimata Ghazi <salimata77@yahoo.com.vn>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:12:51 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: From Salimata Ghazi


Dear Friend,

I am Salimata Ghazi the Duaghter of late ALHAJI Zahid Ghazi . My father was the Director of finance in Sudan, diamond, Gold and mining corporation, in the economic capital of Sudan .A highly reputable business magnet(a Diamond merchant) who operated in the Khartoum capital of Sudan during his days.i am in need of your sincered help due to the political unrest in my country here our lifes and properties are not safe. It is sad to say that my father passed away mysteriously on one of the political crisis on Tuesday 18 April 2006 Humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by the political manoeuvres of Sudanese militias.But God knows the truth! My mother died when I was just 8 years old, and since then my father took me so special. Before his death in Military Hospital in Sudan he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told him that he Has the sum of two million,five hundred thousand
United State Dollars. (USD$2.500,000) left in Security Company here in Abidjan- Cote D'Ivoire.He further told him that he deposited the Money in my name as the only Duaghter as our FAMILY VAULABLES. I am in possession of all the necessary legal documents to retreive the trunk box from the Security Company,all i seek now is your honest assistance to help me retrieve this box of which i will invest some of the funds and use the rest in completeing my education and start up a new life.This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Sudan. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life. I am honourably seeking your sincered assistance in the following ways:

1) To assist me to retreive this box from the security company as my
guardian or business partner and help me to invest it ,

2) can i trust you?

3) What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for
you after the box has been retrieve and transferred in your country?.

presently i am taking refuge in Abidjan,the Ivoiry Capital,just for security and not to fail into the bad hands.As soon as i hear from you positively,i will give you more information on how to go about this .

Looking forward to hear from you soonest.

Sincerely

Salimata Ghazi

(salimata55@yahoo.com.vn)


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