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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.Lima Faruq" <info@khalid.com>
Reply-To: khalidfaruq1@live.com
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:51:59 -0500 (COT)
Subject: AN OFFER



Good-Day!

My Name is Mrs. Lima Faruq.

I know this will be a surprise to you.Please considers this message as a
request from a family in dire need of your help. I am the Wife of Usman
Faruq from Sudan Dar four, My husband Mr.Usman Faruq was the owner of
Faruq Sea Food Industry in Dar four region and a Farm Land in Dar four
region and supplier of Sea food to Central African Countries till the
Government found out that Dar four region was rich in Oil and Mineral
Resources which was discovered by an individual Group called Organization
Rebel Movement.

The Government and Rebel Movement are presently fighting over who will
inherit the Armour region because of the Oil discovered there and Rebel
Movement are killing all the people in Dar four region to enable them
posses the land. As a result of this my husband was murdered in cold blood
and our Farm, Sea Food Industry was burnt down.

Before then, my husband has moved US$6 Million United States Dollars to
Republic Benin for establishment of another branch in Republic of Benin
the fund was deposited in a Security & Finance Company in the name of my
elder son Mr. Khalid Faruq as the beneficiary. Having killed my husband
they believed they will have no challenge in taking over the land.
Now the Rebel Movement turned against us looking for the remaining
existing members of Faruq family in order to achieve their aim and
objective. We decided to move to Republic of Benin where we are presently
leaving, to avoid facing another problem in the hand of these rebels.

Now all the documents issued by the security company when the consignment
(fund) was deposited have been handed over to our family Lawyer in Benin
Republic who assisted my late husband when the consignment was safely
deposited.

As it is now, the present financial laws in Benin Republic on Refugees do
not warrant us to invest the funds here as we cannot operate any bank
account that is why we decided to look for a Foreign Partner that will
assist us in moving the funds out from Benin Republic for my family
investment. We have decided to offer you 25% of the total amount, while
the remaining 75% will be for my family and will be invested in your
country under your management.

Immediately you receive this message, kindly contact my elder son
Mr.Khalid Faruq on this number:(229-97817556) You can as well Email him
via his private Email Address: (khalidfaruq1@live.com) due to my poor
English my son has been mandated to over-see the transaction with the
support of my family Lawyer. Looking forward to hearing from you soonest.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Lima Faruq
For The Family.

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