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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: "Mrs. Amatullah conje" <madamconje@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:38:29 +0000
Subject: Hello dear

Hello dear
My name is Mrs. Amatullah conje, a national of Guinea. I got your contact from the Chembe Trade and Industry when I was looking for someone to help my son and I have recommended your self-esteem seems to me like a trustworthy person of your profiles on the site I received your contact. I decided to write to you through this Midium. I am married to late Mr. Majd conje, who worked at the Embassy of Guinea in Saudi Arabia for 12 years before his death in June in the year 2003.We were married for twenty years with three children one of them is now in a madrassa school, I'll ask you to bring my son (Akim) as your own son and take care of him when the money is released to you by consignment. Before the death of my husband we were Muslims deeper. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 5 million dollars (five million dollars), he has gained in the field of gold he has inherited his late father in a security company here for a project of the foreign institution, but unfortunately he did not complete the project before his death. Presently, this money is still with the company security in a metal box. Here is the link to my site of the crash http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3351083.stm husband http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems / 200,312 / s1016642. htm Immediately after the death of family members of my husband took stronger action against me and my children, I must provide a list of account on which my husband deposited the sum of 5 million dollars (five million dollars U.S.), so I decided to run them now I'm in London, where I am in London as a refugee camp, the UN refugee here in London, I need your assistance in transferring this money into your country for a good investment project in your country and my children move through your country to continue their studies. I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum for your assistance. This transaction is 100% safe and in no way related to an illegal transaction, Please Help me out of this terrible situation and our commitment to Allah All - Almighty bless you Please kindly contact me via my e-mail. More and more I want to know more about you (1) Name
(2) Surname
(3) Full residential address
(4), telephone and fax
(5) Occupation.
(6) personal identification.
(7) Age
Sincerely Ms. Amatullah conje



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