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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: "MEDINA PRINCESS" <medina_princess323@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: medina_princesssultan@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:46:12 +0100
Subject: RE THANK YOU

Dear sir/ma

  Am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the
wish of God for you to help me and my family, God almighty will bless
and reward you abundantly and you would never regreat this.

I am a female student from University of Nigeria , Nusuka campus. I
am 19yrs old. I'd id like any person who can be caring, loving and
home oriented.I will love to have a long-term relationship with you
and to know more about you. I would like to build up a solid
foundation with you in time coming if you can be able to help me in
this transaction.

Well i am a daughter of  late Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammadu
Maccido.Spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims. On Sunday, 29 October
2006, my father died with my elderly brother, a senator, and other
northern leaders were on board the ADC airlines flight to the city of
Sokoto where they all died. See this link to confirm my

story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6096858.stm
<
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6096858.stm>

.I was a princess to him and I am the only person who can take care
of his wealth now because my  brother died with him and my mother is
not literate enough to know all my father's wealth.He left the sum of
USDA 7,500, 000.00 dollars (Seven Million, Five Hundred a Thousand US
Dollars) with a security company here in Nigeria .

This money was annually paid into my late fathers account from Shell
petroleum development company (S.P.D.C) and chevron/Texaco oil
company operating in our locality for the compensation of pollution
and youth and community development in our jurisdiction.

I want you to stand for me as my  foreign beneficiary  because my
late father deposited this funds for his foreign beneficiary business
in Muslim emirate so that we can both claim this Funds from the
security company and then help in investing this Funds in any
lucrative business of your choice.

i need you urgent assistant for this transaction because my late
father family  want to take over all my late father wealth pls help
so that my father'family  will not take over what belongs to my
father and our family, which they were planning to do without my
present because I am a female as stated by our culture in the
town.and am the next of kin to my late father.

Now, I urgently need your humble assistance to TRANSFER  this money
from the security company to your bank  account .

  am ready to offer 10% of the total amount to you if you help us in
this transaction and another 10% interest of Annual After Income to
you, for handling this transaction for us, which you will strongly
have absolute control over.If you can handle this project sincerely
and also willing to assist me in transferring  this fund, kindly
reach me.

reply to
medina_princesssultan@yahoo.ca

Please < mai lto: medina_princesssultan@yahoo.ca , note that this
transaction is 100% risk free and I hope to
commence the transaction as quick as possible.




Miss Medina  Mohammadu Maccido






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