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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: Sidia Abuo <sidiaabuo01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sidiaabuo02@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:45:38 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Good New For You




Good New For
You

 

From. Mrs
Sidia Abuo

 

Please I am
contacting you believing that you are an honest and trustworthy person. I
believe you will not betray the confidence; I am willing to repose in you, for
me to have contacted you even though we've not met before. I have decided to
seek your help in carrying out my last wishes; my name is Mrs Sidia Abuo. I'm a
50years old woman and from Liberia,
but will based here in Burkina Faso
in West Africa region.

 

I was also
married with two children, My late husband (Dr.Alex Abuo) was the director of
Vegetable Oil Company (CVO) before his death, with my two children were
involved in a car accident on December 26th 2004, before this happened. My late
husband had deposited the sum of (US$8.6 Million) Eight Million six Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars in a long-term deposit in the bank as a families
treasure.

 

Presently,
I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for Cancer at Memorial
Hospital .I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that
I have only few weeks to live, It is my last wish to see this money distributed
to victims of natural disasters in Haiti and other charity organization in the
World like I said.  Because relatives and
friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness  started, I cannot live with the agony, so I
decided to entrusting this huge responsibility to you and also wish that you
will help me fly to your country for better treatment since will don’t have a
good healthcare system here.

 

I have
found a new desire to assist helpless families, I have been helping orphans in
orphanage/motherless homes, I have also donated some money for humanitarian
needs, and only recently I saw on television the colossal loss of properties
and livelihood people in Haiti.
Please, I beg you, to help me collect the deposit and distribute it accordingly
to my wish; Use your judgment to distribute the money and keep 30% of it to
yourself. Feel free to re-imbrues yourself when you have the money for any
expenses you made during the process of collecting/claiming the Funds on my
behalf.

 

 

Finally, If
you are willing to help, please reply as soon as possible, Again I will allow
you to communicate with the bank were the fund is directly upon the receipt of
your reply because I want this project to be completed within two weeks before
my cancer operation according to the Doctor.And also attach to me in your
return mail your personal details for familiarity.

_________________________________________

(1. Your
Full Names

(2.Your Age

(3.Your
Marital Status

(4.Your
Occupation

(5.Your Mobile Numbers/Fax

__________________________________________

I am
waiting for your response.

 

Yours
faithfully

Mrs. Sidia
Abuo.

__________________________________________





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