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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: Marie Ngussan Ahmed <davidcola16@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: mnahmed607@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 18:28:16 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: My Dear Good Friend





My Dear Good Friend,
 
 How are you today and your family? I do believe that God is really in  control. Please, I would like to introduce myself as Mrs.Marie Ahmed ,From  Abidjan Cote D Ivoire, widow to Late Alhaji Yaya Ahmed (for Consular for  the Cote Divore,I have been recently been daignosed of Cancer of the  Pelvics,I AM NOW IN PARIS FRANCE TAKEN TREATMENT .
 
I am writing from my sick bed, And Please consider the transaction on it's  content and not the fact that you have not known me before. I need not to  know how I came across your contact information because there are many  such possibilities these days.I decided to do this after praying over the  situation. There is this (USD$10.5Million) my husband deposited with a security company  in Benin Republic  which I am the next of kin.
 
 With my health condition and because my husband and I have no children, I am looking for a credible person to whom I will pass the right of next of  kin. This person will apply to the security company and request for the release of  the TRUNK BOX to his/her name. This is on the condition that you will  take 25%of the fund for yourself, 5% used for expenses, while you will use the remaining 70% for the less previlege people in the society.
 
This is in fulfilment of the last request of my husband, that a  substantial part of the fund be used to carter for the less previleged Madrassas and also to orphangess expecially to children who will become  Hafiz_e_Quraan. If this conditionis acceptable to you, you should contact  me immediately with your full names and contact information so that I will  submit your name to the my lawyer as the beneficiary and also send the  authorization that will give you the right of next of kin to the deposit  in the security company.
 
The lawyer will also give you a text of the application which you apply to the security company.I cannot predict what will be my faith by the time  the consignment box will be release  into your name as the now original  owner, but you should please ensure that the fund is used as i have  described above.And also Furnish Me with your information's below as you  agreed to follow up with me;
 
 
 Your Full name;............................
 Your Contact address;......................
 Your Phone numbers;........................
 Your Country of Origen;....................
 Your Occupation;...........................
 
I look forward to your  response  God bless you and your  family.                                                                                                      
 Sincerely,
 Mrs.Marie Ahmed

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