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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: Miss Faith Anthony Alexandra <faithalexanthony77@msn.com>
Reply-To: missfaithanthony@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:02:28 +0200
Subject: My Dearest One,

My Dearest One,

My name is Miss Faith Anthony iam the only Daughter of Late General Anthony Alexandra the former Director of military inteligence and special acting General Manager of Abijan Diamond mining coperation( SLDMC ).

I am contacting you to seek your good assistance to transfer and invest Ten million Five hundred thousand united state dollars ($10.5mILLION ) belonging to my late father which is deposited in one of the BANK HERE IN BURKINA FASO. This money is revenues from solid minirals and dimonds sale which were under my fathers possession before the civil war broke out.

Following the break out of the war, almost all government offices,coperations and parastatals were attacked and vandalized. The SLDMC was loothed and burnt down to ashes, and diamonds worth millions of dollars was stolen by the rebel military forces who attacked my fathers office. Many top government officials and senior army officers were assasinated and my father was a key target because of his very sensitive military possition and appointment in the SLDMC.Regreatably, My father was captured and murdered along with half brother in cool blood during a mid-night rebel shoot-out when our official residence in Abijan was armbushed by Fordey Sanko the notorious rebel leader.

My mother sustainded very sever bullet injuries which resulted to her untimely and painful death in a private hospital here in Burkina Faso. Now i'm alone in a totally strange country without parents, relatives or any body to care for me at my tender ages.

Before my mother died, she told me that my father deposited some money which he made from diamond sales and deposited it in a BANK HERE IN BURKINA FASO and that i should pray and find a trust worthy foreign business partner who will help me to transfer and invest this money in profitable business venture overseas. She told me to do this quickly so that i can leave BURKINA-FASO immediately and then settle down in abroad. She gave me the document to prove
the deposit and then told me that my father used my name as the only Daughter to deposit the money in the BANK.

She told me that this is the reason why we came to BURKINA FASO. My mother died after wards. May her spirit rest in perfect peace.I have contact with the BANK to make inquires about this DESPOSIT FUND and I spoke with the Manager of International remittance who assured me that everything is intact and promised to help me transfer this FUNDS to my foreign partners country as soon as I provide my partners foreign details for them. However, the manager is very concerned because of my age.

I am 22 years old and as such advised that I should look for a trust worthy person that will represent me at the BANK.If you are willing to assist me, please let me know immediately so that you will arrange the transfer of the fund to your country. Please note that i will offer you 30% of the total money as compensation for your noble assistance in accodiance with my mothers advise. I'm interested in any profitable commercial venture which you consider very good in your country and you would also get a school for me so that i can finish my education in your country.

hoping to hear your urgent response so that I can not look for another foreign partner.Thank you and may God bless you and your dear family. please send me your photo in your next reply as soon as i read your urgent responds. Yours sincerely Miss Faith Anthony
Email; ( missfaithanthony@hotmail.com)

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