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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 Marie" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsnanamaria@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:36:55 +0100
Subject: God Bless You

Sorry to bother you with my problem, My names are Marie Binka, from Ethiopia , 23 yrs by age , I am the only surviving child of my late parents, Dr.Gaius Binka , my dad was a known proprietor of Ethics Oil and Gas and so many other investments.

On the 24th of June , 2010 he had a ghastly accident on his way from the office with my mum and my 2 siblings , Dauah and Shinnah ,may their soul rest in peace .From that day , my life started turning upside down , i have been humiliated , maltreated , even sent for hawking on the street by my uncles (My Dads' relatives),There was a length i could not tolerate the situations and a friend of my advised me to meet my Dad’s attorney for an advice so i could know what to do.

On one hot Sunday afternoon , i went to the attorney's house and explained to him what i have been passing through, he advised that i should go to Pakistan and register for Refugee ,though i was not with any money so he had to give me about 2,000USD with the little i had then which led me to Pakistan and i registered with the refugees but due to racism and some criticism there , suffering and all the rest , i was transferred to Senegal Refugee camp under the United Nations High Commission for Refugees(UNHCR).They issued me Identity Card , there are two sections here , Male and Female Hostel which most things are really unkempt , dirty water and dirty environment .

The person taking care of us here allows me to use his computer mostly twice in a week, but he does not know am using the opportunity to seek for a Trustee and Guardian who could stand for me while raining nor shining .Further more we are not permitted for any kind of gadget neither phone nor Laptop, who ever that wants to speak with me contacts me through the phone number of the Boss and he will send for me, My Identification Number is MBE00091.

Nevertheless, My Dad attorney called me few months ago and after our conversation on phone , he scheduled to visit me for something crucial which he later did , when he came , i was sent by the boss to meet with him , he narrated me that there is something confidential he knows about me which he was only waiting for the right time to disclose it to me , that he was so closed to my DAD , he goes every financial and legal errands for my DAD , that on August 2008, he traveled to Malaysia with my DAD to set up an investment with the Perfect Million Capital (PMC) which he deposited $3.9 Million United States($3,900,000USD) which has he been receiving the annual proceeds since then through EON Bank in Malaysia. According to the attorney, I am the NEXT OF KIN of the deposited fund which has increased from 3.9M to 3.902M USD as per the Excess Marginal Return Capital Profits (EMRCP).The attorney handed all the papers to me both the Deposit papers and all related papers for the invest
ment that i should contact the co

Two(2) days after , i contacted the company seeking for termination of the investment , they told me that my DAD made a mandate of age limit of 27 yrs and with such instructions and mandate on the investment , they would not release the fund because am still below the stipulated age, is against the company regulations , alternatively that i should present someone who can stand as a guardian or a trustee for the claim , i have been searching but due to high rate of crime and frauds around the globe , i have been so disturbed and reluctant to contact any one , i decided to go through internet in seeking someone which i think you are the right person .This is not do or die affair , is something of determination with firm confidence .I will relocate to where ever you are to continue my studies as soon as the transfer and the investment termination is successful , you will only decide the best for me , i would want you to take me like your daughter , sister and as well like
other family members . I am a nic

Please confirm to me your interest and good heart to be by my side so i could send you the contact details of the Investment company in Malaysia to contact them for the liquidation of the investment , on receiving your earliest response, i shall relate with you in more details of this . you can reach me through the Boss with the contact phone number here ( +221 781 721 207) just say my name Betty Bigombe , ID Number BBE0009 and he will send for me to respond to your call , you can as well drop a message if am not close, because he goes out at times.I will be expecting to hear from you as good as soonest, am suffering here please treat as urgent.

Thanks with best regards,

Marie

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