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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: Martha Tanji <marthatanji0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: martha1arsene@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:01:51 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Dearest One !!!


Dearest One,



Good Day to you,



Introduction ; I am Martha Arsene.



Is my pleasure to introduce myself! I'm 31yrs old single and together with my brother Eddy 33yrs old 2child of second wife to late Mr& Mrs Arsene Tanji, a Politicia, working with Laurent Gbagbo the forma president Ivory Coast parting, my both family died recently for the course of wounds sustained during my country's recently Election crises. My Father lawyer friend a Togolies man disclosed to us that our late father have a deposit of 26kg of Gold Dust doring the time of president Laurent Gbagbo and deposited it as a family valuable with my brother name EDDY as the next of kid with one private security company, And told the lawyer to give this will and also make him to understand look for an individual trust worthy foreigner that will introduce to the security company as our late father foreign partner who will help us to claim the Gold box out and may selling of it there and invest with it there in his country. With this agreenment lay down by our
father with the company when he made the deposite that without will comes with a foreign partner the company should not answer our request of claiming, With all this are my reason of contacting you for honest trust worthy that will can introduce to the security company to help us claim the deposit truck box, out of their hand and hlep me to invest it there in good business in your country



In our mind will would give you 15% of the total sum stands as your commission as soon as the money is out of the security company in africa and i also set aside 5% for any expenses that you might are be made under documentation and telephone call during the time of help us for the claiming of the truck box from the security company.



NOTE-my most need is guarantee of our safety in coming to your country as i will be relocating. in your interested do respond ASAP.for more details.



My Regards.



Martha.

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