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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: Moureen Amed <amedmoureen16@yahoo.in>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 16:06:10 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Hello My Dear One


Dearest

One






















     Good
afternoon to you, l deem it fit to contact you today based on your
profile which l saw today in my private search, when l was looking for
some one who l will in-trust my future living under his/her care for a
better living of mine, please bear with me 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 based on the urgency of my
situation here today.






















My name is Moureen Amed . l am a single
lady,
of 24 years old, the daughter of
Late Mr. Salif Amed, my late father was a successful business man
during his day's, it is sad for me to inform you that l lost my father
in a motor accident on the 14th of November, 2006. during the time he
was returning from a business trip from Jackson, Michigan to Ohio (USA),
dear, after four months l lost my beloved father, his second wife
killed my mother so that she and his children will inherit all what my
father left for






















all of us.






















Meanwhile after my fathers
second wife poisoned my mother to death, I wanted to escape to any where
l can be accepted since she's also after my own life and no where is
safe for me to stay with her and his children, but she went and hid away
my international passport and other valuable traveling documents which
I'm suppose to travel with.






















 luckily for me as God have his own
plans for
my life, she couldn't discover where I kept my fathers file which
contains important documents of his deposited money of
US$7,800,000.00.which my father used my name to deposit with one of the
leading financial bank.






















So after then, since l have no where to
run
to, I decided to run to the refugee camp here, where l am today by the
grace of God,presently seeking asylum under the United Nations High
Commission for the Refugees and Now I am out seeking for your humble
assistance for a long term business relationship between us in your
Country which l would like you to invest my inherited money for me in
any lucrative moving business in your country for my future living under
your care and control.






















However, l wish to stop here for now as
l
have
no much time to explain all the details to you as l wish, but please
dear, as soon as l hear from you soon showing your interest and
acceptance to assist me as l really need your






















help to me
now and l am waiting so thaat l shall send you my pictures and forward
all vital information's to you for your confirmation to help me out.






















Thanks,






















Yours
Sincerely






















Mss.Moureen Amed


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