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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: "Mrs. Rosemary Azuma." <mrsrosemary@libero.it>
Reply-To: mrsrosemaryazuma@ymail.com
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 05:29:50 +0700
Subject: I Needed Your Attention





Mrs. Rosemary Azuma.
34 Bd de la Rpublique, 01 BP 1300 - Abidjan
France Credit Lyonnais subsidiary
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Email:mrsrosemaryazuma@ymail.com


My Dear I need your Help,

I presume that we have not met neither have we communicated before.
Firstly, my name is Mrs. Rosemary Azuma. I am the wife of late Mr.
Bakayoko Hamed Azuma, My late husband Mr. Bakayoko Hamed Azuma, was a
crude oil and diamond magnet based in Accra-Ghana and Abidjan-Ivory Coast,
when he was alive he was poisoned by his business associates on one of
their business trips in France. He died last Two months at the age of
53yrs after a brief illness in a private hospital here in Cote d'Ivoire.
Could you believe that the tradition and custom of the town and state
where my late husband came from demands that any woman Who does not have a
male child for the husband, that whenever the husband dies, all the
properties including cash will be shared among the late husband brothers
and the woman will be sent out of the husband house just like that.

My dear, this is exactly what I am going through right now since last Two
Months my husband died. My late husband brothers has taken all the
properties belonging to my late husband including bank account and as well
sent me out of my Husband house just because I do not have a male child
for my late husband. This is a wicked tradition and believes.

As am talking to you now, I and my two daughters are going through hell at
the moment. Right now, I am having in my position all the vital documents
relating to the sum of $8,600.000.00 million dollars which my late husband
deposited with a Private Bank Account in United Kingdom, and he made all
the vital Documents without putting any name as the next of kin before his
death and that is the reason I need you to help me, so that I will put
your name as my husband business partner to enable the bank release the
money to you into your bank account.

Please remember that I cannot travel to London or make use of this fund
here, because I don't know how to travel there and I don't have any visa
to travel to United Kingdom due to forces surrounding me at the moment.
Please have mercy at the poor widow like me and help me out of this mess.
I strongly believe that the only way I can secure this money for myself is
to act fast now and lift this money over your country that is the main
reason why I am contacting you for your assistance.


Please, as soon as this fund is lifted into your country, you can go ahead
and have 20% for your time and patience in helping me. Please if you are
willing to help reply me immediately.


I am waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Rosemary Azuma

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