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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: "Mariama Ba Yun" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mmmjjjsss0@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:36:08 -0000
Subject: My Dearest Beloved One, Please Use This Funds Wisely !


FROM:MARIAMA BA YUN---MALAYSIA
USE THE FUNDS FOR THE LESS-PRIVILEGED

Compliments of the day to you! By this e-mail, I do sincerely Apologize for my
intrusion of your privacy. However, I have a serious concern with which I
believe you might be of help and for this reason, I can not but reach out to
someone - a fellow beloved. I am Mariama Ba, the mother to Gerard St. Germaine
and Yvette St. Germaine who both died untimely in an Egypt Air crash of 1999.
You can view this web site for your perusal and find the names of my Children
who also perished in that ill fated air disaster.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/egyptair/article/0,,196602,00.htm

I am from the country of Malaysia and married to a Chinese, CHEN YUN BA. I lost
my husband for almost 3 years now and I have been living with this pain till
date. We are hospitable people and decided to serve mankind to the best of our
ability. Since the death of my children (Gerard St. Germaine and Yvette St.
Germaine),I have lived with the memories,fighting effortlessly to lead a normal
life but all to no avail. I suffered mentally and psychologically and shortly
was diagnosed of Cancer. I lived with the scourge praying earnestly for divine
intervention. Just a month ago, the doctor informed me that I have just about a
month more to live. I was shocked. I accepted the news in good fate.

Is is in this regard that I write to you, having sourced your address
from a database in my late children's internet dozier after fervent prayers.
Before their death, my family had a joint deposited sum of $3.6 Million (Three
Million Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a Finance company. I
have wholeheartedly decided to donate the entirety of this fund to any devoted
believer or organization and to achieve this, I need an individual that will
utilize this fund adherently for these purposes:
1: FOR THE PROPAGATION OF PROFITABLE SOCIETAL DEEDS
2: FOR THE SICK,LESS-PRIVILEGED AND DESTITUTE
3: FOR THE WIDOWS AND THE MOTHERLESS BABIES

These are the wishes of a dying woman. They are the desires of my heart, hence
my decision as I do not have a child to take over my inheritance. All I need
from you is Truthfulness, Honesty and Sincerity assuring me that you can in all
honesty and obedience utilize the funds for the purpose with which it is meant.
In any a case, a quick response from you will be highly appreciated as I am
already on a count-down and may not have ample time to finalize the procedures.
Any delay in response may compel me to source for other measures or perhaps
choose the alternative which I will not be happy to. Please, do not see this as
a strange possibility or an unbelievable opportunity to make wealth, rather see
this as a rare chance to assist the less privileged.

I AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
MARIAMA BA YUN

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