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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: Abdul Musa <abdl.m040@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <m.abdul25@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:04:15 +0100
Subject: Re:massage



DEAR,

MY NAME IS ABDUL MUSA, NATIONALITY SIERRA LEONE. I AM 22 YEARS OLDI LOST MY FATHER YEARS BACK, HE WAS A WELL KNOWN BUSINESS MAN HERE IN ABIDJAN COTE'DIVORE BEFORE HIS DEATH, HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES DURING ONE OF THIER BUSINESS ASSOCIATES MEETING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS COUNTRY. RIGHT NOW I AM STILL LEAVING IN COTE'DIVORE AND, IT INTEREST ME TO WRITE YOU FROM MY HEART HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY ME.

MY FATHER DEPOSITED SOME HUGE SOME OF MONEY IN ONE OF THE BANKS HERE IN ABIDJAN WHEN HE WAS ALIFE AS THE PROFITS HE MADE FROM HIS BUSINESS,ACCORDING TO HIM HE SAID THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS MONEY THAT HE WAS POISONED. INFACT IN A BREAF INTRODUTION ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU, (THE NAME OF THE BANK AND ALL THE DEPOSIT DOCUMENTS) AS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY FATHER ON HIS BED SIDE BEFORE HE GAVE UP AGAIN HE TOLD ME TO ARRANGE WITH ANY GOD FEARING FOREIGNER WHO WILL HELP ME TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT TO ENABLE ME GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY BEFORE HIS ENEMIES KILL ME.

THIS MONEY TOTALING £3.5MILLION EURO (THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDREND THOUSAND EURO) NOW I AM SEEKING FOR A TRUSTED PERSON WHO WILL RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO AN ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT.

HOWEVER, WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR GOOD ASSISTANCE IN HELPING ME TRANSFERRING THE SAID SUM TO YOUR ACCOUNT SINCE I AM INEXPERENCED IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS, TREAT ME LIKE YOUR OWN CHILD THAT'S THE REASON WHY I AM ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THIS COUNTRY IS NO LONGER CONDUSIVE FOR ME TO STAY.

BEST REGARDS
ADBUL MUSA.
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