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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: Abraha Almas <almasabraha@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: almasabraha@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:48:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FROM ALMAS




FROM ALMAS

I love to invest in your country a
good business that will yield profit, most unfortunately for me, my father just
died in a car accident on his way to one of his TIMBER exploitation sites.
After the accident, he was recovered dead and the burial ceremony was done
properly.

My main problem now is that my father's relatives want me to marry their uncle
in order to secure my family wealth. They said that if I marry to an outsider,
our family wealth will be taken to another people and that they will not
accept. They said it is their right to preserve their family wealth and
lineage. I refused because it is ridiculous for them to compel me to marry an
old man of 71 years; a man old enough to be my ground father just to preserve
the family wealth. Although I am a young girl of only 20 years old, I believe I
have the right to choose my own husband for myself. My refusal to their plan
was seen as insult, so they threatened to deal with me without pity. They said
it is better that I do not live than to have the family wealth given to an
outsider, Last month, they sent some hired assassins to kill me in our family
house but as God will have it, I manage to escape that death and I ran away
from our family house to a place that I am Hiding presently to secure my life.
I will not return back to that house again, else I would be dead. This issue is
serious. Fortunately for me, my father kept contain the sum of USD$ 10. 500
000.00 USD with my name as the nest of kin in a bank which the family members
are not aware of, During the deposit, my father had agreement with the bank
that money will not be given directly to me until I'm 23 years of age. Or if I
wish to receive the money before  23 years old, then, I must appoint a
foreign guardian overseas who will stand for me and receive the money in
his/her custody. Considering that fact that I am only 20 years old now and the
present situation with my relatives, I humbly request that you stand as my
foreign guardian so that the bank will release the money to you. I will relocate
to meet with you once the money transferred to your personal account in your
country so I can start a new life there. Please come to my rescue immediately
and God will reward you. Am ready to compensate you with 20% of the total
amount and if you like, we can also go into business partnership with the money



Please, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways/



1. To serve as a guardian of this fund since am 20 years old.

2. To make arrangement so that the money will be transfer to your personal
account

Am looking for a God fearing person with trust, as a business partner, if you
are interested kindly contact me for further explanation.

 

FROM ALMAS

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