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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: <lipumba@centrum.cz>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:37:28 +0100
Subject: greetings to you from elizabeth


Contact me at ...=C2=A0=C2=A0 lipumba-eliz@email2me.net
Please do not be offended on how this mail gets to
you, i got your email
via world on-line in e-mail data on my search for a
reliable individual
who will assist me.


My name is Elizabeth Colly=C2=A0 Lipumba,28 years of age.a native of=20
Darfour
region of Soudan,the only surviving Son of Dr Ibrahim LIPUMBA the late
commitee chairman of Iron ore=C2=A0 of the ministry of natural recorces a=
nd
environment Soudan.


My father was black while my mother was a native of costa rica,South
American.I lost them in March, 2005,in the on going war in the federal
republic of Soudan in which millions of Soudanes citizens died.


Before the death of my parents,my late father revealed to me that,he
deposited the sum of=C2=A0 ($30 million dollars) in a high security compa=
ny
in Bukinafaso ougadougu,in which he approved me the next of kin and
beneficiary.Please, i want you to note that=C2=A0 the security company in
Bukinafaso ougadougu does not know the contents of the big trunk
box,beacuse my late father did not disclose the contents to them for
security reasons.He deposited it as valuable documents and geographic
equipements


When the war was going on in my country, before the aggrieved rebels
attacked my parents,i was able to escape through the underground
tunnel with the certified documents.
Though,my late father left an instruction to the security company to
only allow the trunk box to be released to his foriegn business
patner.=C2=A0 After his death l went to Bukinafaso ouagadougu with the
documents which he gave to me and confirmed.

=C2=A0

Now, that, the condition is like this, After the death of my parents,
i came to this country to search for a foreign partner to help me
retrieve the consignment from the security company and also help me
relocate to your country and invest in real estate and industrial
productions.


I have the depositional documents of the consignment with
me and i am the only Son and beneficiary.I was a medical student in
the university untill the war broke out in my country.


Therefore l will like you to assist me by coming to - Bukinafaso
ouagadougu to sign out this fund from the SECURITY COMPANY as my late
father's foriegn business partner,hence i could not found his business
partners.


ln these l have decided to give you 30% of the money,5% will be for
any expenses that may incure during the process including
airfares,Hotel accummodation etc. while 65% will be for each other
upon investments.


All documents as regards to this transaction will be sent to you as
soon as you indicate your interest in assisting me, bear in mind that,
The authenticity of this business is 100%.
Please,get back to me immediayely as soon as you show interest.

Yours Faithfully,

Elizabeth Colly Lipumba .



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