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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: "Maria Bazan" <missmariabazan@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 20:36:47 +0000
Subject: Good news Long Term Relationship


Long Term Relationship


Good day,may the blessings of God be upon you and grant you the wisdom and
sympathy to understand my situation and how much I need your help,My name is
Maria Bazan, 19 years old Girl from Cote D'Ivoire iam the only daughter of
Dr.Hassan Bazan.

My late fatherwant to Buarke, A Northern city to negotiate for the purchase of
a cocoa plantation when he was shot by the rebel troupes fighting to take over
the Government of the country.as you can see from BBC.NEWS,FRANCE24,CNN. The
death of my father has now made me an orphan and thereby exposing me to
danger.Before his unfortunate death, my late father called me beside his sick
bed and told me as his only surviving Child, that he had deposited in one of
the
prominent bank here in our country the sum of $16.5 (SIXTEEN MILLION,FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND USA DOLLARS). with my name as the next of kin.

In my culture, when a man dies, if he does not have a male child, the brothers
shares his property leaving both the wife and the daughters empty handed
including the house they live in. This is the exact case with me as I am the
only daughter of my father Dr.Hassan Agyeman. I lost my mother when I was
barely a year old and my father refused to re-marry another wife because he
felt solely responsible for my mother's death.

This is so because he concentrated much on his businesses that he rarely pays
attention to domestic affairs. He was always traveling taking care of his
businesses and political meeting that he did not notice when my mother took
ill. He thought it was a minor illness and was ignorant of this. My mother on
her own resorted to self-medication. It was not until the illness degenerated
that my father took my mother to hospital where she was diagnosed to find out
that hepatitis had eaten deep into her blood stream. She didn't last long
before she died. This happened when I was barely a year old. Based on this, my
father could not forgive himself easily because of it and said he was
responsible for her death as he could have saved her if only he had paid
attention to the things at home rather than concentrating much on his
politice.

Despite all entreaties by friends and relatives, he refused to remarry but
ensured that I had everything that I wanted. It was as a result of this that
he made me the next of kin to his fund deposit with the bank and stated that
in the event of any eventuality, I should have a direct access to the fund only
when I am 27 years of age otherwise, I should have a guardian/partner intercede
on my behalf for the release of the funds to me. unfortunately, he died when i
was just 19 years of age currently. This is why I have contacted you to serve
as a guardian to me and as my foreign partner for the transfer and investment
of the fund overseas. My uncles does not know about the fund because they had
already taken my father's houses and other properties because I am a girl and
they said I do not have rights for any property. They have requested to have my
father's bank papers but I simply told them that I do not know where he kept
them. The younger brother took the house in the house in the village.

I had at various times had discussions with the director of bank where my
father deposited the funds and I was assured that once, I have someone who
would be willing to receive the funds on my behalf, they shall commence all
proceedings to effect the release and transfer of the funds into the person's
designated account. Now, if you have signified your interest to partner with
me, it would only be very necessary if you contact the bank and request for the
release and transfer of my inheritance fund into your nominated account for the
purpose of investment and to further have me come over to your country to
continue with my studies.

Please if you are willing to assist me indicate your interest in replying me
with my E-mail: missmariabazan@yahoo.co.jp }

I shall be giving you the bank's contact details as soon as I hear back
from you so that you will go ahead and contact the bank.
Your urgent response will be appreciated,on my
Talk to you the more.
Sincerely,
Miss. Maria J.B. Bazan.



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