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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: Mariem Amed <m_amed_c13@msn.com>
Reply-To: <miss_mariemamed@hotmail.fr>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:07:14 +0000
Subject: From Miss Mariem Amed



>From Miss Mariem Amed

Rue 4 Lot 1 Cocody

Abidjan

Dearest One,

My name is Miss Mariem Amed
the only daughter of late Mr/Mrs Amed Kala. My father and mother were
very wealthy farmers and cocoa merchant when they were both alive. After
the death of my mother, long ago, my father was controlling their
business untill he was poisoned by his business associates which he
suffered and died. Before the death of my father on September 2010 in a private hospital
here in Abidjan where he was admitted, He secretly called me his bed
side and disclosed to me about the sum of Five million two hundred
thousand US dollars . USD ($5.2million ) he left in suspense account in one of the bank here in Abidjan , it was the money he intended to transfer overseas for investment before he was poisoned.

He
also instructed me that I should seek for a foreign partner in any
country of my choice who will assist me transfer this money in overseas
account where the money will be save and invested wisely. Because of the
current political problem here in Ivory Coast
I decided to transfer the money to abroad where it will be save and
invested. therefore, I am crying and seeking for your kind assistance in
the following ways:

(1) To provide a safe bank account into where the money will be transferred for investment.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am a girl of 20 years old.
(3)
To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to secure a resident permit for me in your country
I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production. This is my reason for writing to you.

Please if you are willing to assist me i will offer you 25% of the total money
As
soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your interest to assist
me to successfully transfer the money into your nominated account,Then
we shall move into the transfer process as i will be giving you the bank
contact where my late father deposited the money.

Best regards from,
Miss Mariem Amed


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