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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: "SCOLLA H.Sahili" <scollahs@sify.com>
Reply-To: scollahs@voila.fr
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:37:10 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Dearest











Dearest

 
I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. With due respect trust and humanity, i appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business having gone through your remarkable profile, honestly i am writing this email to you with pains, tears and sorrow from my heart, i will really like to have a good relationship with you and i have a special reason why i decided to contact you, i decided to contact you due to the urgency of my situation.



Please permit me to introduce myself formally as Scolla H.Sahili, hail from western region of Darfur in Sudan but presently taking refugee in OUAGADOUGOU , BURKINA-FASO. I do not know all about you as I am obliged to seek into the confines of your heart and bring to your knowledge on how helpful your assistance matters to my future.
 
My late father Dr. Mandey Sahili, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Gold and Cotton Corporation of Sudan, died as a result of a power struggle between President Umar al-Bashir and the ousted parliament speaker Hasan al-Turabi, the main ideologue of Sudan’s Islamist government, while my mother died as a result of hypertension after our arrival to OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA-FASO.
 
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before, but I believe one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life. There is this family treasure box that contains a very huge amount of fifteen million, five hundred thousand dollars ($15.5million) which my late mother deposited in a Global security company here in OUAGADOUGOU , BURKINA-FASO. Upon our arrival.
 
Now I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa due to security and political reasons. I want you to help me claim and retrieve this family treasure box from the custody of the security company and transfer it to your country for investment purposes in these areas:

Telecommunication.
The transport industry.
Five-star hotel.
Real estate management.
If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer to you 15% of the total fund. Note that any delay in replying me will give me room in searching for another for the same purpose.
 
Best regard,
 
Miss Scolla H. Sahili.
Please reply to my alternative email: (scollahs@voila.fr)
 


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