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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: mariam sancara <mariamsancara0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mariamsancara00@voila.fr
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:55:44 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: greeting from Mrs Mariam Sancara



My Dear Friend

May the blessings of Allah be upon you and grant you the wisdom
and
sympathy to
understand my situation and how much I need your help.I
am
Mrs.Mariam Sancara. I
am contacting you with the hope that you will
be of
great assistance to me, I
currently have within my reach the sum of $
4.3
million U.S dollars cash which I
intend to use for investment
purposes.

I therefore personally appeal to you seriously and
religiously
for your urgent
assistance
to
move this money in to your country where I believe it will be safe
since



I
cannot leave the country due to the restriction of movement imposed on
the




members of my family by the  Government.

This money came as a
result of a
payback contract deal between my husband and a
Russian firm in our
country.The Russian partners returned my husbands share
.Presently,
the
Government has intensified their probe in to my husbands
financial
resources
which has led to the freezing of all our accounts, local and
foreign,
the
revoking of all our business




licences and the arrest of my First
son.

In view of
this I want
to acted very fast to withdraw this money from one of
our finance
houses
before it will be closed down.My husband deposited the money
in a
finance
firm for safe keeping . No record is known about this fund by the
government




because there is no documentation showing that we have such
funds.

Further more, my elder son have been in detention in the
last six
years
following the death of my late husband for charges of State
organized
murder and
corrupt
practices. he was just been released by the Supreme Court after the
president



brokered a deal
with my family regarding his freedom, and he is still
under
interrogation
about my late husband's assets and some vital documents.

Due to
the current situation
in the country and
government attitude to my
family,I cannot make use of this money
within, thus
I seek your help in
transferring this funds out for investment than
leaving
the fund here and to
invest the money to profit my family Bearing in
mind
that you may assist me.l
have decided to part with 25% of the total
sum.

I am seriously considering to settle down abroad in a
friendly
atmosphere like
yours as soon as this fund get into your account so
that I
can start all over
again if only you wish. I shall ask my Son Djiba
to come
over to your country to
liaise with you. If this proposal satisfies
you.
please do not let me out to the
security as I am giving you this
information
in total trust and confidence and
please include your personal
telephone and
fax numbers.

I will greatly appreciate if you accept my proposal
in good faith.

Your



Urgent
response is needed.

Regards and Allah Bless you.

Mrs.Mariam Sancara.
 





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