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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: Susana Yake <susanayake205@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 05:25:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Honey please with love and honest this is my true life story














Dearest












































































one,




































































































I am very happy to see your reply
to my mail. How is
your today? i hope fine. Mine is not good here. Dear please i would like
you to think of me and my situation here , not just for fun or romantic
affairs . Please i believe you are in a good position to help me out . I
want you to be by my side and help me out of this condition , please.
My name is Miss Susana Yake, I am 24 years old , single and never
married. l am from Liberia in West
Africa and
presently l am residing in
the church Orphanage home of St
Louis Catholic Parish  here in Dakar
Senegal as a
result of the civil war that was fought in my country some
years ago.My late father Dr.James Yake was in politics and also he
works contract for government , he supports the present government
before the rebels attacked my family one
early morning ,killing my father and my mother Stella with my two
younger brothers.
My dear it is only me who is alive now because i was in
school where i was doing my first year in social science in the
University of Liberia and l managed to run to a nearby country Senegal
where l am staying now .

 In this the orphanage home , we are
only
allowed to go out of here only on few days of the weeks. It is just like
one staying in the prison . I don't have any relative now whom i can go
to, all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war and the only
person i have now is Rev.Peter Solomon who is a reverend father in St
Louis Parish here. He has been very nice to me since i came here but i
am not living with him , i am leaving in the woman's hostel because we
have two hostels, one for men the other for women . He is also the
person who i use his computer to write to you because i  help him type
some documents for church services . The reverends Tel number is (+221-77-2086219) if you call and
tell him that you want
to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel to answer your call .




















































































































































































































































I want to go back to my studies because i was only in  my
first year in school before this happened,



Please listen to this , my
late father when he was alive deposited ($6.5m) six million five hundred
thousand united
state's dollar in a bank which he used my name as the
next of kin and i have his statement of account and death certificate
here with me . Please i will like you to help me transfer this money to
your account in your country and from it you can send some money for me
to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with
you in your country because i have nothing at hand with me here to make
any movement or do any thing . I'm afraid of the enmity my father
created back in my country when he was alive , that was also why i ran
out to this place . I kept this secret other peoples here because i
don't want them to know who i am or what i have . The only person that
knows about it is the Reverend because he is
like a father to me .





















































































































































































































































please because of this, i will like you to keep it to
yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life
and the money if people gets to know about it . Remember i am telling
you all this due to the trust i have in you , though we have not met in
person .I like honest , understanding and God fearing people . My
hobbies are music , reading ,writing and sports . I have attached my
picture for you and i will also like to see yours .I will like to know
more about you your name and address in full. My favorite language is
English , though not very perfect . Meanwhile i will like you to call me
like i said i have a lot to tell you. Have a nice day and think about
me and my situation here please. Awaiting to hear from you soonest .
Best





































































































































































wishes Susana Yake

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