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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. AISHA MOHAMMED" <aisha30a@excite.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: aishamohammed82@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:47:30 +0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR TRUST IN THIS TRANSACTION

Attn:The Managing Director
SIR
My contacting you is based on trust, I hope you will live up to my expectation at the end of this project. I have seen war and I have seen peace, I have seen riches and I have seen people die of hunger on daily bases.
I am quite certain that life is vanity upon vanity,the only life worth living is a life of service to humanity and the almighty ALLAH, most merciful, most compassionate and most benevolent.
This is the reason for my present decision based absolutely hope on ALLAH. Before I proceed, may I humbly introduce myself to you, My Name is Mrs. Aisha Mohammed, a Sudanese refugee from Darfur region, my late husband was until recently, one of the personal aid to the late president of Sudan who died in air crash , may his soul rest in peace.
Due to the air crash which lead to the sudden death of the past president, my late husband who was the personal aid to the president also lost his own life in the air crash. After my late husband's death, my son and I inherited the sum of US$16 million which he deposited in a safe deposit company in Cambodia (the neighboring country to Thailand).
The funds were originally gotten from my late husband proceeds hence my late husband also deals on the exportation of crude oil and Sudanese dry fruits.
My late husband was able to secure the funds(usd$16Million)with a very good diplomatic officials from UK who was on an official duty in Sudan then, the diplomatic officials helped my late husband in packaging the funds which was sealed and brought from Sudan to Cambodia as a diplomatic package through a diplomatic carrier service. The diplomatic officials who brought the funds into Cambodia also helped my late husband in depositing the funds with a safe deposit company here in Cambodia.
I have decided to contact you because I am interested in investing this funds (usd$16Million)in your country which I believe is investor friendly than Cambodia.
Please kindly guide and assist me in making the right investment since I am also interested in buying a residential property as I will be moving with my only son musa in over there as soon as every thing regarding technical and logistics details is worked out and ascertained to our respective satisfaction. In view of your participation, I am ready to give you a good negotiable percentage for your assistance, or better still commit it into viable Joint venture projects with you .
Be assured that you stand no risk of any kind as the funds belong to me and my only survived son musa. As soon as I get your consent, we will quickly move this fund to your country for investment However, upon your acceptance to work as my partner, you can contact me with my private e-mail for more details.
I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on this and other business ventures will derive a huge success here after, please include you private contact telephone number and private e-mail when replying to me.
Do reply me with the same email.: aishamohammed82@yahoo.com
Yours Sincerely.
Mrs.AISHA
MOHAMMED.


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