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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: Halima Abubakar <marilobouabre6@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Halima Abubakar <halimak55@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 17:06:22 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Re: Hello


Re: Hello
good day

My name is Halima Abubakar from Libya,
but today I am in Ivory Coast for some reasons, i have something to
share with you, I know you may wonder why I am contacting you even
without seeing you or
knowing you fully well, my heart is set on you and my heart tells me
that I can trust you, I decided to tell you about me after going through
your
profile, I lost my parents during the recent war in Libya, and since
then I have lived alone. I have the sum of $ 4.5 million i inherited
from my late father which was deposited here in Ivory Coast in one of
the local bank by my late father with my name as the next of kin and due
to the political crisis in my country I
would like to transfer and invest this money in your country. i don't
have any biological parent i am alone since the death of my parent, i
have been going through pains and sorrow since my parent died, i am
willing to relocate and join you in your country immediately after the
transfer. this money is my only hope in life. please can
I trust you with this and will you help me?..... please
reply me and let me know if you can help me to invest this money in your
country and let me know your ability to manage this transition so that I
can give you more information about me and everything you can imagine
to know about me and about the deposited. i am ready to pass you all the
information because Trust is
Letting others know your feelings, emotions and reactions, and having
the confidence in them to respect you and to not take advantage of
you.Trust is Sharing your inner feelings and thoughts with others with
the belief that they will not spread them indiscriminately. please help
me.

I am waiting to hear from you.

Regards
Ms. Halima.

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