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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: "mrsfatimali1 Gazeta.pl" <mrsfatimali1@gazeta.pl>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 17:34:53 +0200
Subject: Dearest Friend,


Dearest Friend,

I crave your indulgence at this mail coming from somebody you have not know
before. I decided to do this after praying over the situation. You should
please consider the transaction on its
content and not the fact that you have not known me before. I need not dwell
on how I came by your contact information because there are many such
possibilities these days.

I would like to introduce myself as Mrs. Fatima Ali,of Repulique Du Benin,
widow to Late Mr. Usman Ali (for Consular of the Benin Embassy in
Madrid,Spain).I have recently been daigonosed of Cancer of the Pelvics.and
i am writing from my sick bed.

There is this consignment (containg US$9.5Million cash, in US$100 bills) my
husband deposited with a security company,here in Cotonou, Republique Du
Benin of which I am the next of kin. But With my health condition and
because my husband and I have no children, I
am looking for a credible person to whom I will pass the right of next of
kin. This person will apply to the company and request from them the
retrieving of the fund consignment as my next of kin.

This is on the condition that you will take 25% of the fund for yourself, 5%
used for expenses, while you will use the remaining 70% for the less
previlege people in the society.
This is in fulfilment of the last request of my husband: that a substantial
part of the fund be used to carter for the less previleged.

If this condition is acceptable to you, you should contact me immediately
with your full names and contact information so that I will send to you all
the documents that the company gave to my husband when the consignment was
deposited So that you will contact the company directly and demand from
them the procedure towards retrieving the fund into your destination.

I cannot predict what will be my fate by the time you will recieve the fund,
but you should please ensure that the fund is used as i have described
above.

I look forward to your response.

Yours,
Mrs. Fatima Ali.
Email:mrsfatimali1@yahoo.fr <Email%3Amrsfatimali1@yahoo.fr>

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