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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 <maria.bazan7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: MARIA BAZAN <bazamnaria2@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:13:05 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: DEAR PARENTS




 
Dear Parent's


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, 21 years old Girl from Cote D'Ivoire, I am the only daughter of Dr.Hasan Bazan.


My late father went 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,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 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 child of my father Dr.Hassan Bazan . 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 politic.


I had at various times had discussions with the director of international remittance unit of the 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 and have me come over to your country to continue my education,thanks and god bless.


Please if you are willing to assist me indicate your interest in replying me with my E-mail:bazamnaria2@hotmail.com
Respectfully,


Maria Bazan

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