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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: Sarah Ab <sarah_williams20012000@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Sarah Ab <sarah_abdulahi@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 04:34:28 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Investitions-Unterstuetzung !!








Guten Tag.

Ich bin Frau Sarah Abdullahi. Ich kontaktiere Sie, weil ich Ihre dringende Hilfe, um das Geld, das mein verstorbener Vater, gehalten in der Bank hier auf meinen Namen zu sichern, bevor er died.This Geld (US $ 7,500.000) und das Geld ist in einer Bank hier in Abidjan.
Bitte antworten Sie mir, für mich, Ihnen zu geben andere Details.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen Schwester in Allah.

Frau Sarah Abdulahi...

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Good Day.

I am Ms Sarah Abdulahi . I am contacting you because I need your urgent help to secure the money that my late father kept in the bank here on my name before he died.This money is (US$7,500.000) and the money is in a bank here in Abidjan.
Please Reply me for me to give you other details.
Yours faithfuly Sister in Allah.


Ms. Sarah Abdulahi.

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