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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: miriam otumba <miriam.otumba@gmail.com>
Reply-To: miriamotumba14@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:52:44 +0100
Subject: with due respect

Dear sir ,

Greetings,I know this message will come to you as a surprise as we
have not met before. I have a proposal to make, that might be of
interest to you.I am in possession of a large sum of
money(US$2,500,000.00) Two millions Five hundred Thousand US
Dollars. The money was inherited from my late father Dogo otumba who
was one of the community leaders in the darfur region sudan.He was
killed by rebel soilders.The money is of no criminal origin as it was
largely realized from black market sale of crude oil and Diamond
during the war in the darfur region. The money has been lodged with a
security company here in Accra, Ghana, where we are presently.The
money was lodge in the security company by my father before he died. I
now want to move this money abroad and invest it in profitable
ventures, as the time is now ripe for such move.

I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE: 1.Firstly to assist me to receive this money
into your country abroad. 2. To assist me invest the money in
profitable ventures in your country or any other suitable country
where you have good connections. 3. To help re-locate me and my small
sister to the suggested country. 4. To manage the money in a
profitable manner preferably a joint venture deal with your company.

For your assistance you will get 25% of the total amount.Upon your
request, I will give you further details of the plans and tell you
more about my self but you must treat as highly confidential for my security.

Yours sincerely,

Miss miriam otumba

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