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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: <aminaahmed_12002@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 04:03:38 +0900 (JST)
Subject: AMINA

Dearest hirsch,

Thanks alot for your message today, I believe that your entire family is in good health today? While I'm doing fine here praying for you, it really gives me strong Hope and Courage that you're strongly behind me in this process of my Freedom out of this Bondage that I'm living here in Ivory
Coast where there's always political crisis.

I come originally from Freetown Sierra-Leone in West Africa due to the civil war there in early 90's my late father decided to settle down here in Ivory-Coast also in West Africa where I'm presently staying as a refugee. I lost my mother through ghastly motor accident when I was 4yrs old. The
main thing now is that I want to better mylife in your country and that's the reason why I want you to be a guardian over my fund in the security company that was deposited by my late father in one of the leading security company here in Ivory Coast.

Please you have to keep this Family Secret very Confidential and don't disclose it to people for security reasons not even to third party. It gave me much happiness and relief of worries after reading your mail, I will like to inform you that I'm assuring you that this transaction is legal and
you will not breaking your country's or any international law since my fund will arrive your end through diplomatic shippment and will be fully insured Legally and documented.

This is not ilegal and there is no risk in this business since you will stand as the New beneficary to my fund, you will therefore arrange the shippment of my fund to your banking account overseas. As you can see, I have concluded within myself to give you every trust and I may also need you to
assure me of the safety of my fund without betrayal from you when it arrives your end, I will also need your help in bringing me out of this country upon your receipt of my money in your end and you will receive 20% of the total money as your good efforts.

Now I will like to let you know some reasons why I need to do this urgently and why I will not like to receive the money here as I'm a refugee living in a Church Camp.

(1) Being that I'm the only daughter of my late father and at the age of 21, the rest of his business associates that had hand in his death will not be happy to see me invest the money here in our country.

(2) My late father's business associates and the rest families will not allow me to take possesion of my money once it enter's our account.They will find a way to seize it since they don't want me to inherit any of my late father's properties.

(3) My late father signed agreement with the security company and placed the consignment box for onward shippment to a foriegn country which he didn't mention the country before he met his sudden death in the cold hands poisoning by his business associates in France.

For the reasons above, I have concluded to look for a foreigner who can help me receive the money as the New Beneficiary and arrange for me to travel out abroad for the share of the money including continuing my studies as well as investment purposes. What we need inorder to secure this money is
trust, confidence and reliablility.

I hope you understand my expliantions. I await to hear from you soon, inorder to give you the contact of the security company for you to enquire from them the shippment details to your overseas home address. God bless you and have a nice day.

Yours sincerely,
AMINA ,




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