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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: saad2008@jmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:28:19 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: From Saad Sanusi


>From Saad Sanusi
CAN YOU HELP US INVEST OUR LATE FATHER FUND?????
my alternative e-mail address; saad2008@jmail.co.za
Dearest Beloved,
Please kindly go through this letter before you pass
judgment because I am in need of assistance. I am
Mr.Saad Sanusi the son of late Dr. Alahaji Bugora Sanusi
from Liberia. I must confess my agitation is
real, and my words is my bond, in this proposal
My late father happens to be in control of a large
number of farms including cattle’s and many sheep
before he was poisoned by his foreign business
partners in Paris with my mother in one of their
farmers association meeting because of greed.
But before his death my late father deposited some
amount of money outside our country in bank at the
tone of Four Million Eight Hundred United States Dollars
$4,8 Millon. So I and my little sister are no longer
safe here as the present government of Liberia
are working with almost all the killers of my late
father as one of them has been just be made a
minister, name undisclosed because of security
reasons.
Furthermore we have contacted the bank where the money
is deposited and the bankers let us understand that
they signed an agreement with our late father that the
total money must be transferred into his foreign
business partner account undisclosed to them and that
is the major reason why i am contacting you now for
assistance.
All I needed from you now is your full names and
address including your direct and personal telephone
number for easy communication as you know that this
transaction is a very confidential one.
Please Kindly get back to me immediately after you
must have gone through my message fill free and make
it urgent. That is the reason why I offered you 15 %
of the total money amount, and in case of any other
necessary expenses you might incur during this
transaction.
N.B Try and negotiate for me some profitable blue chip
investment opportunities which is risky free which I
can invest with this money when it is transferred from
the bank here, personally I am interested in estate
management and hotel business, please advise me.
For more explanation write me through my alternative
e-mail address (saad2008@jmail.co.za) or my private tel phone number
+22505338256
And promise me and my younger sister to be a good
guardian considering our situation and not to betray
us.
Thanks and God bless you and your family.
Best regards
Saad Sanusi



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