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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: "FROM MOHAMED AND SISTER AMINA OUSMAN" <mohamed_amina1@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mohamed_amina06@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:42:31 -0700
Subject: Assalamulakum Warahmatullahi warabraakatu,

Assalamulakum Warahmatullahi warabraakatu,



With Due Respect and humility We Hope This Mail Meets You In Good Health And Spirit, I Am, Mohamed Ali,A Sierra Leonia. Presently, we are Living As A Refugee here In republic of Senegal Dakar ,With My Younger Sister, Amina Ali, we are a Victim Of War And The Son Of Late Ousman Ali,The Assassinated Former Assistant Director Of Sierra Leone Gold And Diamond Mining Corporation,



Our Father Was Killed With Other Government Officials During Official Hours When The Rebel Troops Stormed And Raided The Mining Corporation Office At The Heat Of The Crisis In Our Country. A Few Weeks Later, The Rebels Also Invaded Our Residential Building In Which My Mother And Two Of Our Security Men Were Killed In The Compound While I Was Out For A Special Research Program And My Younger Sister Was In School,



I Had A Singular Shock And Trauma, Which Compelled Us To Flee From The Country To Republic of Senegal Dakar By The Help Of An Army Colonel, Who Is A Close Friend Of our Late Father,I Have First Degree In Marketing And Would Have Further My Education If Not For The Death Of My Parents. I Have Never Worked To Earn My Living Since My Late Parents Had Enough Wealth For Us.



We are Contacting You Now Because of The Present Difficulty we are Facing

Unfortunately our Father's Two Accounts In West Africa Have Recently Been Frozen.

However This Did Not Affect The Twenty five Million Dollars. (Us$ 25,000,000), Which He Kept In a Prime Bank in Senegal Dakar .For Now, we are Having Every Information And Document Needed For The Clearance of our fund in the prime bank Here In Dakar Senegal And we Want You To Act As The Beneficiary Of The Fund For Easy And Smooth Transfer of our fund To Your position in your country,For Investment Purposes.



You Will No Doubt Be Adequately Compensated With As Well As A Percentage Of TheProfit From Investment Of The Fund. Also You Will See To It That My Sister

And I Come Over To Your Country At The Earliest Possible Time. we are Making This Request To You With Tears In our Eyes And we Feel That Almighty Allah Will Touch You With His Spirit To Listen To our Cry For Help And Answer us Without Delay. Since Our Breadwinner Is No More And This Is The Only Hope For Life.



You Positive Response Will Give us The Greatest Joy And Relief. Almighty Allah Bless You For Your Kind Assistance, We Have Agreed To Offer You 25% Of The Total Sum. Seriously Waiting For Your Urgent Reply.through this email mohamed_amina06@yahoo.com
Best regards,

Mohamed And Sister Amina Abu,



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