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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: "clemence_80clema@yahoo.co.jp" <clemence_80clema@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: clema1020@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:57:28 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From: Mrs Clemence Bare Mainassara

Dearest Friend,

I am Mrs Clemence Bare Mainassara the wife of late Mr Bare Mainassara ex-president of Niger republic, west Africa who was assassinated in 1999 by a young military officer in a coup d'etat. I contacted you because God directed me to do so after three days of fasting and praying. Before his death
deposited the sum of $25.000.000 Million(Twenty five million U.S.Dollars) in a security company in Cote D'Ivoire.I and my three children are now living in Cote D'Ivoire. My late husband deposited this money in a box packed as containing family valuables and used the Word FOREIGN PARTNER as the
beneficiary. He deposited this money this way because of security reasons and he did not want this box to be traced to any of us.

So i want you to help me retrieve this box as the beneficiary and foreign partner of my late husband. As soon as you agree with me I will give you further details on how to contact the security company, i will furnish you with every information they may need from you.

Therefore to assure me of your agreement to my proposal, I will want you to give me 1. Your telephone number 2. Your resident address 3.Occupation and 5. Age. Waiting for your urgent reply.

If you want to reach me on phone i will give you the telephone number of my son Moussa in which you can reach me. At the end of this transaction you will be earning 20% of the total money.

Thanking you in advance.

Mrs Bare Mainassara


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