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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: augusta etiebet <augusta1025@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <aug_etiebet@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:23:24 +1200
Subject: Attn: Please,



Attn: Please,

My late husband was charged for misappropriation of the petroleum development trust funds during his administration.

At the peak of his problem, he advice me to escape to a neighbouring country in disguise with a reasonable value of fund which has been kept safely and secured.

He told me to leave the country with this fund and source for reliable person or persons to use their sterling credentials to move the fund out of this region. This is because of the order issued by the court to out rightly confiscate all our properties and frozen my late husband national and international bank accounts.

I am therefore soliciting for your assistance to secure the fund in a private or company bank account which you will provide for our mutual benefit. Hence you shall manage and reinvest the fund for me in real estates and stock market that is profit oriented in your country. We shall negotiate on the percentage which you will be entitled to when the fund will arrive in the account.

Note: Please, kindly revert back to me with your urgent decision, because time is of essence so that we can make an immediate arrangement to have a face to face meeting in person and discuss in private how you can assist me with all precautionary measures without exposing my identity, which is paramount in this business for my safety. Please do not forget to include your contact details such as direct secured private telephone and fax number for subsequent communication.

Thanks,
Mrs Augusta Etiebet.
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