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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: sarah mohd <sar_vgbfzxxj@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <sar_mohd757@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 00:30:08 -0700
Subject: Personal Letter..




Dear kind heartedly,

Hope you are a kind hearted person,with sense of humour.Am a citizen of Indonesia,jarkarta but now residing at U.N.H.C.R Hong Kong. Am the only surviving child of my family,i need a honest & sincere someone who will make me feel family once again.& also soliciting your assistance.How are you and your daily activities?Though we\'ve not met in person only I need a trustworthy and honest person who I can trust but due to our believe in Allah,thats why am contacting you,and to offer you this proposal of mine of which my whole life depends on.Am Miss Sara Mohd, the daughter of Mr. Behki kaban Mohd of blessed memory from Indonesia, I lost my family during the Tsunami crisis against the farmers in Indonesia, cos my father is one of the multi farmers in my state. Please this is my real life story. I left to Hong Kong through the help of OXFAM' ORGANISATION,now am soliciting for your assistance because before the death of my father,he had deposited with FINANCE HOUSE IN ASIA(malaysia) the sum of (USD9.5 million ).After the death of my father,i need someone who will assist me to move this fund out of THE FINANCIAL HOUSE to his country as i have made up my mind for investment.I have agreed to offer you 7% of the total sum for your assistance assoon as the fund get`s into your account while 5% will be mapped out for any expences that may be incurred in the course of this transaction.I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out come of it. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal mobile phone for easy and urgent communication.Note i will send to you all the documents that back this transaction up,through the help of my lawyer at malaysia.Thanks & Allah bless
sarah
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