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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: Sarafina Deng <s_deng01@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: sarafina_dengd19@yahoo.cn
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:22:55 +0800 (CST)
Subject: IN GOOD FAITH


Dearest one,

Based on your profile, the trust and God's divine guidance that I have this great oppoutunity linking up to you, though we have not meet before but I believe that one have to risk in confiding his secret to succeed sometimes in life.

My name is Miss Sarafina Deng,a 19 years old undergraduate.I am only daughter of Late Lt. Gen./Mrs Dominic Dim Deng, He was (SPLA)Sudan People Liberation Army Affairs Minister and a politician.I am native of Nyala in southern in Sudan, Africa.

I was born in a reputable and well respected family and they nurtured me with great care and love before they met their own untimely death, They have been killed as a result of a plane crash plotted my Sudanese president machinaries on May 2, 2008.Here is the news on web
(http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:m91ux2-nofkJ:www.sudantribune.com) my uncle seized all my father's companies and properties because of our traditionl believe that i'm a woman.I was left with nothing and dropped out of shool because of finacial difficulties and my uncle's wicked attitude.

Moreover,even after my late father's death the Sudanese finance agency and corruption commission now turn around saying there is missing fund in my late father's ministry department.
But before then on January 12,2008 my father told me a deep secret which I want to share with you in a full confidentiality.He deposited a huge sum of four million five hunderd thousand Dollers (4.5,OOO,OOO USD)in one of reputable bank in Ivory Coast because of polictical instability in our country Sudan without the knowledge of my uncle and agences in our Country Sudan. He made me to understand that the fund was about to transfer to his foreign partner for a business purpose which he included my name as next of kin. He warned me if any thing happen to him that i should look for a foreigner who will assist me get it transfer and i should leave this country because people here is wicked and bloody.
Presently I'm in ivory coast since the war and trouble is rising every day in Sudan. i am in one of missionary home while my uncle flew to the london with his children.although I have contacted the bank they comfirmed the fund.

Dearest all I want you to do for me is to step forward as my foreign partner to the bank so that the money will be retrieve and transfer to you,I have all the neccesary information to back it up.i will sincerely give you 12% out of the money,5% for any expenses incurred during the transaction and the rest will be used for any investement preferred by you in your country.

I am pleading to you with the name of Almighty God to help me out of this problem.coincidentally Ivory coast is now having it's own political unrest too,

I am kindly waiting for your soonest response.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
yours sincerely,
Sarafina Deng.


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