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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: Miss Nina Dame <mathadnax1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mninadamee@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:23:27 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hello Good Day,


Hello From Nina

I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the wish of God for you to help me out of this predicaments,God almighty will bless and reward you abundantly.

I am Miss Nina Dame 23 years of age and single,I am loving, caring and home oriented despite the fact that I am from royal family. I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to know more about you and build up a solid foundation with you in time coming.

Well, my father is the king of my region in Gambia and he died earlier nine months ago and left only me behind,His kingship was titled to him by our town citizens over sixteen year before his death.

I was the only person to take care of his wealth, because My mother died long ago before my father. I know quite well that we have not meet with each other before in life, therefore I apologies for bothering you with my problems if I do.

My father left the sum of USD,7.3000 000 dollars (SEVEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED US DOLLARS,) in a Bank here in Dakar Senegal. This money was annually paid into my late fathers account from Shell petroleum development company(SPDC) and chevron oil company operating in our locality It is sad that immediately after the death of my father the kinsmen of our community turned against me because of this money .

However, I picked all the DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE which he made with the Bank when he was depositing the money i ran out of my country Gambia to Senegal where the funds was deposited by my late father.I write therefore to seek your assistance in moving the funds out of Africa to a foreign land for a better investment that will see us through in life.I wouldn't want the kindred to take over what belongs to my father just because i am a woman.

Now,I urgently need your humble assistance to move this money from the firm into your account. Please, note that this transaction is 100% risk free and I hope to commence the transaction as quick as possible, I will be waiting to read from you soon

Yours sincerely,
Miss Nina.

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