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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: "AZIZ AND SISTER MAMI" <aziz_sister5@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: aziz_sister7@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:58:03 +0000
Subject: SEEKING FOR YOUR HELP

Goodday Please.
It is my pleasure to acquaint you with this proposal for the purpose of
investment in your company. I am Mr Aziz and my Sister Mami the only
son & daughter of our late parentce Dr and Mis George Boley who was the
Leader of the Liberian Peace Council,,Junior minister in the
administration of President William Tolbert and Minister of Presidential Affairs
and Minister of Education under President Doe and Former minister of
finance under president charles taylor.
My late father travelled with the sum of Fifteen Thoussand Five Hundred
Million United State Dollars (US$15.500 Million Us Dollars )
which he deposited in a Bank as a family treasure.
We are here seeking for an avenue to transfer this money to a reliable
and trustworthy partner for investment programmes.
We are here as a refugee because of the political crisis in our Country
Liberia. Please we have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum of
$15.500 Millionunited state dollars for your assistance.
For now, We have every information and document needed for the
Collection of the deposit with the Bank and we want you to Act as the
beneficiary of the deposit for easy and smooth collection to your account abroad
for investment purposes.
Since our breadwinner is no more and this is the only hope we have for
our future survival,Your positive response will give us the greatest
joy and relief.
Please we need to transfer this money urgently because delay would not
help at all and we need to relocate based on the political instability
in this sub-region, to enable us continue our education in one of the
best university over there in your country.
Presently we cannot go back to because of the situation there and you
know that Senegal where we are now is politically unstable; we
therefore wish you could help us get out of here before it become worse.
May almighty allah Bless you for your kind assistance. Reach us faster
through our alternate email address for security reason.
Here is our alternate email address, (aziz_sister7@yahoo.co.uk)
Finally I implore you to treat this transaction with secrecy and
confidentiality for security reasons. Furnish us with the following requested
information as soon as possible.
Full name....................................
Home|office address.....................
Mobile telephone Number............
Fax Numver..............................
Occupation...............................
Nationality..................................
Position Hold...............................
Age............................................
Marital Status..............................
Country....................................
Bank account details.....................
We are Seriously waiting for your urgent reply,
Best regard.
Yours Truly Son & Daughter.
Aziz and Sister Mami .



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