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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: =?UTF-8?B?InN1c2FuIHlha2NvIg==?= <susanyakco4@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:





Dear God's Select,


I a= m writing this mail to you with heavy tears In my eyes and great sorrow in = my heart, My Name is Mrs. Susan Yakco, and I am contacting you from my coun= try Tunisia I want to tell you this because I don't have any other option t= han to tell you as I was touched to open up to you, I married to Mr.Yakco B= rown who worked with Tunisia embassy in Burkina Faso for nine yea= rs before he died in the year 2005.We were married for eleven years without= a child.

He died after a brief illness that lasted for onl= y five days. Since his death I decided not to remarry, When my late husband= was alive he deposited the sum of US$ 8.5m (Eight Million Five hundred Tho= usand Dollars) in a bank in Ouagadougou the capital city of Burkina Faso in= west Africa Presently this money is still in bank. He made this money avai= lable for exportation of Gold from Burkina Faso mining.

Rec= ently, My Doctor told me that I would not last for the period of seven mont= hs due to cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickne= ss. Having known my condition I decided to hand you over this money to take= care of the less-privileged people, you will utilize this money the way I = am going to instruct herein.

I want you to take 30 Percent = of the total money for your personal use While 70% of the money will go to = charity, people in the street and helping the orphanage. I grew up as an Or= phan and I don't have anybody as my family member, just to end favor that t= he house of God is maintained. Am doing this so that God will forgive my si= ns and accept my soul because these sicknesses have suffered me so much


As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the conta= ct of the bank in Burkina Faso and I will also instruct the Bank Manger to = issue you an authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary o= f the money in the bank that is if you assure me that you will act accordin= gly as I Stated herein.


Always reply to my alternative = for security purposes
Hoping to receive your reply:
From Mrs. Susan yakco

Please try to contacting this pri= vet email address miss_susan_yak@yahoo.com



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