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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mohammad Hossain <lkpseper@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:18:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From shamim Bangladesh


FROM NGIGA 2
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FROM:
* Ngiga
TO:
* Mohammad Hossain
Message flagged
Sunday, July 29, 2012 9:17 PM
Hello Dearest,
How
is the weather and climate there in your country. Mine was a little
Cold over here in Dakar, As you know My name is Miss
Ngiga i am 27years born 4 December 1984,

I
am from Libya in North Africa attached here is my picture but presently
i am in United Nation for refugee camp here in Dakar, I am living
under church care here in Dakar as a result of the civil war
that was fought in my country. i contacted you because i don't have any
relatives now who i can go to all my relatives ran away,

About my family, My late Father Dr Acha Ngiga was the National Transitional Council (NTC) before the
rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my parents, It's
was only me that is alive, I managed to escape to Dakar where i am living now as a refugee with the help and advise of our family lawyer,

please
if you can assist me to relocate to your country as i am really
suffering here and I have been so afraid to disclose this matter to you
until i make sure that you are the Reliable person to help
me.I have secured some vital document/information's of my late father's
account because he made me the sole beneficiary to his acquisition
inheritance funds as the next of kin which i will like to share it with
you,

i am the only child in my family, where i am leaving now is
under Reverend-Pastor's care, Reverend Dede who is the Reverend Father
of the (CHRIST DE SAVIOR MISSION) here in the camp, he has been very
nice to me since i came here and i am using his computer to send this
message now to you, but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in
the woman's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men`s the
other for the women`s,

i will like you to call me with
(+221-776-679-629) is the Reverend Father office number when you call
tell him that you want to speak with me Ngiga he will send for me
at the female hostels to come and speak with you, I wish to contact you
personally for a long term relationship that may lead us to somewhere
better if we work well on it. please before i go into further details be informed that i am writing without any other person's per-knowledge of
my contacting you, Therefore i will appreciate same attitude to be maintained,

I would like to know more about you.
what you are doing presently, I will tell you more about myself on my
next mail with sum information, i will also send more of my photo to you which i will like to see your picture too,

listen
to this it's a secret even no one knows about it but due to my
situation here in the refugee camp i decide to contact you, when my
father was alive he deposited amount of ($6.5 Million U.S Dollars) Six
Million five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars deposited in a Foreign bank
which he used my name as the next of kin and i have my late father's
statement of account here with me because he made me the sole beneficiary to his acquisition inheritance and funds as the next of kin,

i
have wrote to the bank and the bank responded and informed me that my
Father instructed to them that they will relies the fund to me only when
i have apartner that i am not qualified to handle the money that i should first have a partner then they will reliesthe fund on my behalf,

I
kept this secret to people here in the camp so please in the light of
above i will like you to keep it to yourself, please i need your
assistants because life is not easy for me hear in the camp we are like
the people in prison we are not allow to go out even to eat is problem
for me, I was imagine seeing myself in your country after all this
suffering which i hope to be with you in a short time and have a good
life together with you,

i will like to know you better first, ! your status and i will like to
know if you can visit me here in Dakar for my inheritance purpose and to see me in person here in the refugee camp..Your age is not a problem to me and it will never because i love to meet
matured person who have a natural feelings and understand and a good
sense of humor as i believe,I want to assure you that this money is 100% guarantee, As soon as i receive your positive response showing
your help i will put things into action immediatelythen we shall contact the bank,

i
am giving you all this information due to my situation here in refugee
camp meanwhile i will like you to call me because i have a lot to tell
you, I like honest and understanding with truthful my favorite
language is English but our language is Arabic but i speak English very
fluently,

I hope to talk more when you call me or when i receive your response,
Waiting to hear from you,
yours Sincerely,
Naomi
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