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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: =?UTF-8?B?6rmA7ZiE?=<kimhyun@ebs.co.kr>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 06:39:04 +0900 (KST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?SGVsbG8gZGVhcg==?=

Hi dear,Compliment of the day i hope this message meet you well. Excuse me for infringing into your privacy, I 'm Mrs.Paris.R.R.Sawh (Canadian/Guyanese) from republic of Guyana. Wife to the late immediate elder brother of Guyana Agriculture Minister that was murder along with his sibling on April 22nd 2006.My husband (Rajpat .R. Sawh) and their sister (Phulmattie Persaud) was murder along with their brother Mr.Satyadeow Sawh,Agriculture Minister of Guyana.
After the  death of my husband, my relationship with his sibling and kinsmen started fallen apart and every properties/investments of mine and my husband were seized and consificated by his sibling and kinsmen,just three months ago, my husband bank accounts,his late brother the late minister of Agriculture bank accounts here Guyana and both at offshore  were frozen by the Guyana government and my international passport was seized and was bare not to leave Guyana untill i am asked to.I have legitimate bussiness proposal for you. I got your email id from your country web search through the internet and I don't know if you will be interested to be my foreign investment associate. 
I intend to relocate with my inherited fund of ($3.7Million usd) which i inherited from my late husband  for a joint venture at your end.This said Money was concealed in a Safe Metallic box and the content of the Safe Metallic box was coded as family values which was Deposited with a Security Firm in one of the french speaking country there in West Africa called Ivory Coast, been my husband was a local and internationalbusinessman/contractor and also deal on gold,diamonds and special precious stones expecially in Arab nations there in Africa hence why this Safe Metallic box of money was deposited in africa for it'safety of it and for future inesting it in Egypt.
My reason of seeking this urgent Assistances from you now, is the letter of  notice i just recieved from the Security firm were the Safe Metallic box was deposited regarding the duration of the deposited Safe Metallic box which has expired and without claiming it now it will be kept as unclaimed goods been the Security firm did not know the Safe Metallic box content as money.
Though this is 100% legitimate and zero risk free for is only i alone that knows about this money since my husband death, hncewhy  its should be kept confidential for privacy ground. If you are interested please be advice to endeavor to  return my proposal for further  inquiries and acquaintance to enable us establish partnership and discuss on your percentage before proceed on my investment bussiness proposal to you.
Best wishesMrs.Paris.R.R.Sawh please kindly reply me at ( rr_p@kimo.com )

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