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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 Amina Ego Hussein Mohammed <service@zone-ar.com>
Reply-To: ehiakuss54@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 06:08:01 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Mrs Amina Ego Hussein Mohammed



I'm Mrs Amina Ego Hussein,the wife of the minister of finance whom is late right now(Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein).My husband died some time ago during a political tussle in our country ivory coast that started december last year.My husband happens to be late Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein that has been killed along with at least 21 other and i must say that am very sorry if this mail will sound like a disturbance to you.I will never have contacted you if everything was alright like it used to be when my husband was alife.I'm a mother of 2 kids a boy and a girls but presently i am only left with my son because my only daughter was killed along side with his father.

The reason why i am contacting you through this mail,is as a result of the occurance of the untimely death of my beloved husband and the situation at hand.My husband died on the 29th December 2010 during an attack from his political opponet Laurent Gbagbo,who turned our country into a war zone but thanks for the international communities like france and america who intervained in his bad deeds.Immediatly after the death of my husband,his brothers came as a sheep in lion clothening and i been a woman that i am,i never knew that i can be easily decieved.A family meeting was made that i have to bring the will of my husband to the family and as a faithful wife that i am i did but after some few days i was told to let go of all properties that was owned by my late husband and they all drove me out to nothing with a treat of to kill me if i return back to any of the houses that he built.I thought that is the shock of the death of my husband their brother that was the cause but never knew that they had a motive of claiming all asset that belongs to my husband and been that they have the will of my beloved husband,they now have access to his bank as well as all his properties.On the 6th of January 2011,my own inlaws killed my only daughter who is supposed to be a part of her father's inherritance.After the incident i was made to know that i am the next, of which my God will never let that happen to me.

3 years ago my husband told me that he has a plan to deposit some money in a security company,.I supported him because it's a good decision knowing fully well that africa is no more a stable continent and he personally handed all the documents as well as the certificate of ownership to me,since am the only one that is aware of the deposition of the $12.5Million.I decided to run down to morocco to seek refuge under the united nation and i was accepted here in morocco.The money was deposited in a security company for safe keeping.Right now,please i will need your help,for you to help me invest the money in housing,real estate,land buying and selling,but i believe that you are in a better position to tell me the best investment to invest in your country and i would want to come down to your country after the investment for the safety of my life.I hope that i will hear from you soon so that i will know what to do because my my only surviving son also here with me,i need to give him a better life and a good future as well.i am ready to give you %10 of the total money for appreciation.I hope to hear from you.
Your's Sincerly,
Mrs Amina Ego Hussein Mohammed


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