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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: EL HADJI USMAN <elhadji_usman@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 02:31:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ALLUVIA GOLD DUST-AU22KARAT

ALLUVIA GOLD DUST-AU22KARAT

DEAR SIR,

I AM ELHADJI USMAN, A MALIAN, LIVING PRESENTLY AT SOUTH EAST OF COTONOU - BENIN WITH MY YOUNGER SISTER. I AM 35 YEARS OLD IN A FAMILY OF TWO [MY AGED MOTHER AND MY FATHER DIED IN THE ECOMOG WAR IN MALI.

I WAS WILLED AND INHERITED SOME QUANTITY OF GOLD AND DIAMOND STONES [300KG OF MALI ROUGH CURT DIAMOND,BLUE AND WHITE AND 800KG OF ALLUVIA GOLD DUST-AU22KARAT] AND US$10MILLION, PRESENTLY IN MY POSSESSION IN COTONOU REP OF BENIN HERE AND THE GOLD IS ON TRANSIT.

I WANT A RELIABLE BUSINESS PARTNER OUTSIDE AFRICA TO HELP ME GET RELIABLE BUYER FOR THE ABOVE CONSIGNMENT. I HAVE WITH ME THE INHERITANCE DOCUMENTS,ATTORNEY COPY OF THE WILL, AND MALI GOVT. AQUISATION CLEARANCE OF NON-CONFLICT ZONE , FOR YOUR VERIFICATION. YOU WOULD DET A GOOD PERCENTAGE FOR YOUR HELP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH .

YOURS SINCERELY FRIEND,

ELHADJI USMAN

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