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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: "Mrs Mariam Ibrahim." <mrsmib07@live.fr>
Reply-To: <mrsmariamibra@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:18:29 +0100
Subject: Assalam Alaykum,



Assalam Alaykum,My name is Mrs Mariam IBRAHIM, I am married to late Mr. Ali IBRAHIM who was a cocao marchant and died as a result of the war in my country. We were married for twenty years without a child. My husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. When my late husband was alive he deposited one package box that containts Ten Million Three Hunderd Thousand united states dollars $10.300,000 00 USD in a shippment security company, he deposited the box for secrity reason because of the political problem in the country so that it will be easy for them to ship the package to any country. Recently, I was confirmed to be suffering from Cancer and the Doctors informed me that I will not last for the next two months. Hence I decided to donate this money to a mosque, organization or good person that will utilize this money to help the poor. Please, contact me as soon as you receive this message if you are able to handle this project by assuring me of your willingness and capabilities. Please reply to me through my private email mrsmariamibra@yahoo.frWassalamuMrs. Mariam IBRAHIM


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