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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: sahra cisse <cisse_sahra04@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: cisse_sahra@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:02:02 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Miss Sahra Cisse Shabangu


Hello My dear,
By introduction, My name is Sahra Cisse , I am 20years old now and I am the only child of Mrs Susan Cisse Shabangu who was untill her assacination, the Deputy Minister of Safety and Security, also the Vice-Chairperson of the National Labour and Development Institute in South Africa Republic.

The purpose of writting you this letter is because of business venture which I intend to establish in your country with your help, though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk, confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.
Presently, i am in Ivory Coast because of the money US$ 3.200.000.00 (three Million two hundred thousand USD.) which i inherited from my late mother. This fund is presently in a security company here in Cote d'Ivoire where my mother deposited it before she was killed by unknown persons.

Now i have decided to invest this money in your country or any where safe enough for my life and security purposes through your assistance as I have no idea of investment of fund and cant handle the retrieval of this fund myself. Please i want to know if you can be able to help me to retrieve and invest this fund in your country ?
I am willing to reward you very well with as much as you may need fom the fund if you can truly assist me in good faith.

Click on this site to read about my late mother:http://www.info.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp?id=1066

Please reply urgently for more details.
Yours Faithfully,

Miss Sahra Cisse Shabangu


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