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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: "mariamsule3 Gazeta.pl" <mariamsule3@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: mariam_sule200@mail.ru
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 20:29:49 +0000
Subject: From mrs mariam sule


>From mrs mariam sule

Good Day,

Please Read.

My name is Mrs Mariam Sule, I'm the credit officer in International Credit
Bank Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

I have a business proposal in the tune of $5.5m, (Five Million Five hundred
Thousand only) after the successful transfer; we shall share in ratio of 40%
for you and 60% for me.

Should you be interested, please contact me through my private email (
mariam_sule200@mail.ru) so we can commence on all arrangements and I Will
give you more information on how we would handle this project.

Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the
Following information:

(1) Full names:
(2) Private phone number:
(3) Current residential address:
(4) Occupation:
(5) Age and Sex:

Kind Regards,

Mrs Mariam Sule.

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