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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 Mimi Nama <thejanosun@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Miss Mimi Nama <miss_miminama0@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:52:06 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dear Friend,




 
Dear Friend,

Greetings and peace be upon you and your family. Please kindly permit me to introduce myelf and my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know my mail may come to you as a surprise hence we have not met before. Introducing myself, my names are Miss Mimi Nana, 20 years of age and I am the only Daughter of the late Mr & Mrs. Yado Nana. My late father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Ghana and Abidjan capital city of (Ivory Coast) before he died of food poison by his brother's all because of his wealth.

Before the death of my beloved father, he secretly told me that he has a sum of U.S. $8.400 (Eight Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollar deposited in ecobank here in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. He told me before he died in the hospital that I should seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice where I will have to invest the funds deposit. My major plan is to relocate in your country where i have chosen to further my studies and also go into real estate management or any business you may advice to do in your country that will be profitable.

I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:

1)To assist me secure the fund transfer into your bank account in your country.
2)To serve as the guardian of this fund as the new beneficiary / foreign partner.
3)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my studies.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful of the transaction, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may occur. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.Pls Reply Me Email(miss_miminama0@yahoo.co.jp)

Yours sincerely,
Miss Mimi Nama

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