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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: "radda" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rosemaryraddahassan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:15:13 -0800
Subject: Investment

Mrs. Rosemary H. Radda,
Home Address: Plot 8, Rosemary House,
Ojodu Estate,Victoria Island Lagos.


Dear Friend.

Please kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to you I believe you are a highly respected personality considering the fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on your country. Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events, I wish the best in life for you and your family, and I hope you will receive this mail in good spirit and respond quickly, I got your contact through my professional global network Searching.

I am Mrs. Rosemary H. Radda ) Widow/Divorced of the Late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and also formal Governor of Katsina State Nigeria, but i was divorced by my late husband, due to the pressure from his family members because i was not a Muslim, he was given a condition by the northern religion that before he can become the governor of Katsina State he must marry a Muslim wife, that was why he divorced me.

After eight years as governor he was also elected as the president of Nigeria in May,2007 and he died in the office May 2010 after suffering from Kidney/Heart failure in Saudi Arabia hospital. since am not a northern religion, am from the eastern part of the country and a Christian he have to divorce me and marry a woman from the northern part who is a Muslim to suit their tradition, but before we got divorced i have two children with the Late President Umaru Yar'Adua (girls).

After his death my children were denied of their inheritance from their father simply because their mother is not from the northern part, but i thank God today that i found out that he loved me till his death he was doing what they asked him to do because he needed the post, he opened a secret account for his children knowing fully well that if anything happened to him, his family will not give my children the inheritance from their father but right now my children and i is living in Lagos where i used my last cash to build, after i lost all hope, my late husband's attorney called me.

I have just been informed by my late husband close friend Barrister Ola Iyke Martins, that my late husband operated a secret account with fictitious name in a Nigeria bank in which total sum of Fourteen Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars, US$14,250,000.00) was deposited in the favor of our two children, according to my late husband's attorney. He advised me to transfer the funds into a foreign account for safety reason, i contacted you to assist in repatriating the funds left behind by my late husband.
If you feel you can be of assistance in transfering these sum, without the knowledge of any member of my country, you contact me back, as my lawyer and i have mapped out 45% for you, 40% for me and my family, while 15% will be for any expenses that we might incure in the course of this transaction.
I look forward to reading from you.

Regards,

Mrs. Rosemary H. Radda

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