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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: "Ayishah Mohammad" <a.mohammad1993@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 04:44:13 -1000
Subject: From: Miss. Ayishah Mohammad

From: Miss. Ayishah Mohammad

Dear,
I am introducing myself to you as Miss. Ayishah Mohammad, I am the only daughter of late Chief and Mrs. Mohammad. My
father was a very wealthy and successful business man, he was into Gold and Oil business, before he died after a brief
illness that lasted for 4 days. Before my father died in a private hospital here in our country, he secretly called me
on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of two million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars ($US2.5M)
left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here in our country.
Please, I am honorably seeking your assistance to help me transferred this fund to your bank account and to also assist
me invest it into Real Estate Managements in your country. Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund to your account.

please reply back to me as soon as you finish reading this email so that I can give more details.

Thanks and regards.
Yours Sincerely,
Ayishah Mohammad

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