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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: Amina Abubakar <uning@kaltimmethanol.com>
Reply-To: aabubakar138@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:42:12 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: HELLO MY DEAREST




Hello Dear
How are you today? Please, kindly take your time to read and understand

the content of this mail; My name is Amina Abubakar , I am 23 years

old, and my younger kid sister name is Salamatu 9 years old,we are

Citizens of Libya currently in Ghana to claim our family inheritance

which we have decided to invest into real estate development and other

lucrative business. I was looking for a good man Or woman that will

help us, when i came across your contact then i decided to contact you

to help me and my kids sister to receive and invest our fund in your

country.

my late father who was living in Ghana made a deposit of family

treasure that contains $8.5million usd and 50killograms of gold dust in

a safe keeping company in Ghana. my late father was a local gold miner,

cocoa farmer, gold and diamond dealer in Ghana and ivory coast, so he

made a lot of money before he died in a fatal car accident.

please according to my late fathers's lawyer all we need now before

these boxes can leave Ghana to your country is your full contact

information so as to enable the lawyer work out the papers that will

back up the shipment to your location. Please i believe my lawyer will

explain more better to you as soon as you come in contact with him.

Once you agree to help us move this fund, we will link you up with our

late father's lawyer who will help us in securing all the necessary

documents for the shipment. As soon as we agree, we will come to your

country where I and my sister will invest the money under your guide.

So please let us know what will be your compensation or percentage for

helping me and my kids out.

Let me know your mind on this. We shall go over the details once I

receive your urgent response strictly through my personal my cell

number: +233234352847
I wait for your favorable reply and please feel free if you have any

question to ask. I will have to send to you all the legal documents

covering the fund and gold when you demand for it.

Thanks and be bless

Best regards

Amina Abubakar
Email me on..... aabubakar138@yahoo.com
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