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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: Sonita Akhma <ibu72525@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Sonita Akhma <sonitaakhma1980@yahoo.com.tw>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:43:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings


Greetings

I'm contacting you based on your good profiles I read
and for a good reasons, I am in search of a property to buy in your
country as I intended to come over to your country for investment,
Though I have not met with you before but I believe that one has to risk
confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

My name is
Miss Sonita Akhma My late father deals on Crude Oil with the Federal
Government of Sudan and he has a personal Oil firm in Bentiu Oil zone
town and Upper  Nile city. What I have experience physically and
mentally, I don't wish to experience it again in my life due to the
recent civil Ethnic war that is caused by our President Mr. Salva Kiir 
and the rebel leader Mr Riek Machar.

I have been Under United
Nation refuge camp in Bor city to save my life, I left my country and
move to Cote
d'Ivoire with the  little ceasefire we have because of the face to face
peace meeting accord cordinated by the US Secretary of State, Mr John
Kerry and United Nations in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) between our President
Mr Salva Kiir and the rebel leader Mr Riek Machar to stop this war.

However,
I need your advise and help, My late Father deposited the sum  of  $8
Million dollars in one of Finance security firm I have the documents
along with me, my age is 19 years and I don't know whom I can trust now,
I want to  solicit for your partnership with trust to invest my fund in
your country because my life is no longer save in my coutry, as an
ophan i need yourassistance and direction.

I escaped when the
rebels bust into our house and raped my mother and she died after two
days, May her soul rest in perfect peace.I'm his only child left, I
need to be in  school while you will handle the fund for any good investment 
for me, I will offer you 20% of the total fund for your help while you will handle the
rest fund for investments for me.

I will wait to hear from you so as to give you details.

With love from

Sonita Akhma

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