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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: "Garmuyu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sundaygar@gmx.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 06:22:35 +0400
Subject: WAIT FOR URGENT REPLY.......

Salaam,
 
I am Sundaygar  Garmuyu from Liberia, My father is an oil Exporter in our country Libyan and in all is crude oil business in rich oil countries of Africa Is one of the rich man in Liberia in our country and he died in war happen, And i am his only son, And my father have a three wife And he told me that he have deposited some fund with a financial firm before he died. And he told me that are should used the money for any business that i like to do before he died, Due to my late father matrimonial problem,  I moved from Liberia to stay in Neighboring country. And the money is in deposited with a financial firm  Which i will like you to assist me to received the money in your country on my  behalf and used it for investment together In the area of any investment in your country that  you know he we fresh us a good profit at the end of the day,  I will like to invest part of the money into these four investment in your Country but, if ! there is any other business that i
 
1). Real estate
2). The transport industry
3). Hotel
4). Health
 
I will appreciate any good ideas you could come up with And i can instruct the financial company to open conversation with you to moved the money to you in your country for the  investment you will advice to do in your country for you to stand as  the owner of the investment in your country, The amount of the money is  $15.500.000.00 (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars). And i promise to give you 20% of the money, For the assistance you will render to me in your country for the investment in your country and the share of the profit after the Investment will be share by 70-30. And i will like you to be a trusted person to me, In your reply to me send me Your full name, Your Mobil number,  Your full address, Your Occupation, Your Nationality, And Your Age, So that I can forward it to the financial company that the money was kept for deposited, That you are my beneficiary to received the money on my behalf in your country for investme! nt.
 
 
Waiting for your reply
Masalam,
Musa Usman.

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