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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mariatta Ibrahim <mariattaibrahim@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 15:09:17 +0000
Subject: Invitation: Dearest @ Tue May 27, 2014 11:30am - 12:30pm (mariattaibrahim@gmail.com)

You have been invited to the following event.

Title: Dearest
Greetings from Marrita Ismaila,


I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. With due
respect, trust and humanity, i appeal to you to exercise a little patient
and read through my letter, I wish to contact you personally for a long
term business relationship and investment assistance in your Country. So i
feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business having gone
through your remarkable profile, honestly' i got your profile in Google
data base when i was searching for a reliable person who could stand as my
Trustee, i will really like to have a good relationship with you and i have
a special reason why i decided to contact you, i decided to contact you due
to the urgency of my situation. Marrita Ismaila is my name, a girl of 26yrs
of age, single and I held from Sudan in East Africa. My late father was the
Deputy General Manager with CNPC Oil Company at Khartoum refinery in
Southern Sudan and was killed alongside with my beloved mother during the
last crisis in my country when Janjaweed militant came to our house.


Before the sudden death, my father makes a deposit of Five million six
hundred thousand united state dollars ($5.6m) to a Bank/Reliance security
group company for the purpose of establishing a Gold Mining Company. From
the certificate of deposit, I am the real next of kin to the fund and I
have contacted the reliance security group company for the confirmation of
the said fund deposited by my father. Therefore i want to repose my
confidence in you by request your assistance to stand as my trustee to
claim this fund on my behalf and your agreement to handle this transaction,
I will offer you 40% from the total fund. I will send you the full details
on how you will be of help to me as soon as I received your message
indicating your ability and willingness to handle the transaction. Please
here is my private email address (m.ismaila65@gmail.com) As soon as i see
your favourable response i shall send you more details/ contact information
of the transfer department so that you will contact them immediatly.


Regards
Marrita Ismaila.
When: Tue May 27, 2014 11:30am - 12:30pm Eastern Time
Calendar: mariattaibrahim@gmail.com
Who:
(Guest list has been hidden at organizer's request)

Event details:
https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=Zm9hcmtmMjVvcWlhaXVjbHBzaTIzc2dhMWMgbWNzcGlrZTg0QGdteC5kZQ&tok=MjUjbWFyaWF0dGFpYnJhaGltQGdtYWlsLmNvbTlmODE4MWIzMWVlY2FjNzY4YjMxMjVjNTQ4M2VhMWUyZDkzNjlhODg&ctz
erica/New_York&hl

Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/

You are receiving this courtesy email at the account mcspike84@gmx.de
because you are an attendee of this event.

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your entire calendar.

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